OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Trooper Richard George Edwards, c1890

DATE1880 to 1900

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.1269.1

HISTORY

Richard George Edwards was the father-in-law of Herbert Downward who married Eileen Edwards in 1916. Richard was the policeman at Dromana and before that had served in Gippsland and in Ballarat. He bought the house “Darriman” in Queen Street Mornington in the names of his wife and his daughter,Eileen. On the death of Mrs Edwards it became Eileen’s house and she and Herbert used it as their ‘town home’. Their ‘weekend home’ was ‘Maxwelton’ at Balnarring.

DESCRIPTION

Photograph of an upright, handsome young man in police trooper’s dress of jacket, close fitting trousers, boots and a policeman’s helmet. He is holding a sword at an angle at mid-thigh and his right hand is resting on the back of a chair on which leans a rifle. The photo appears to

KEYWORDS

Downward, Herbert, Edwards, Richard George, Mornington