Wollomai - Phillip Island V.I.C., Newhaven, Victoria, Australia
S 38° 30.896 E 145° 20.887
55H E 355984 N 5735756
The Historical Marker plaque is on small granite boulder, at the entry to the Tourist Information Centre, is for a local race horse.
Waymark Code: WMX44H
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 11/24/2017
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The plaque reads:
WOLLOMAI
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Winner: Melbourne Cup 1875
Owner: Captain John Cleeland
Trainer: S. Moon Jockey: R. Batty
Wollomai was bred by Captain John Cleeland
He was trained and stabled at Cape Woolamai where John Cleeland
lived with his family at Woolamai House.
When the time came to go to Melbourne to race in the cup,
they swam across the channel from Newhaven to San Remo and
then walked him to Flemington Racecourse.
1875 was the first time the Melbourne Cup had been run on a Tuesday
therefore Wollomai had the honour of heralding the now famous
'First Tuesday in November'
Address: 895 Phillip Island Tourist Road, Newhaven, Vic, 3925
Visited: 1135, Friday, 27 May, 2016