OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Allison Family

DATE1950 to 1955

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.1392

HISTORY

Horses were very important to the development of Mornington. The roads had been constructed to be used by coaches, which ran from The Royal Hotel on the Esplanade, Mornington to the Albion Hotel in Bourke Street, Melbourne. Coaches, with passengers and parcels left the Albion Depot regularly for most country centres. The first section of the run from Mornington, which went along the Esplanade, up Main Street, along Barkly Street, and Tanti Avenue, was to Frankston, where the horses were changed then to Mordialloc. Here fresh horses were again available at Rennisons’s Hotel, Mordialloc Bridge , for the final section of the journey. Teams generally were six in hand, although sometimes larger or smaller teams were used.

DESCRIPTION

This photo shows a family group with their horse and cart. One woman and two children are sitting in the cart, and several are stood behind the cart. One woman is stood to the right, near the horse. They are all in summer clothes. The women, four in all, are all buxom well fed individuals. The men (three in all) are leaner, and two are wearing trilby hats. One has a moustache.

SUBJECTS

Cart horses, Horses

KEYWORDS

Allison, Family, Cart horses, Horses