Brumbies & Walers - Corryong, Vic, Australia
S 36° 11.715 E 147° 54.431
55H E 581560 N 5994013
A tall bronze tablet has a relief drawing of a couple of Australian soldiers on their horses.
Waymark Code: WM10GNZ
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 05/05/2019
Views: 3
On the right-hand side of the metal poppy sculpture is a tall bronze tablet, for the contribution that Brumbies and Walers made to the Great War. The top half has a relief drawing/sculpture of a couple of ANZAC soldiers/Light Horsemen on their mounts. The bottom half has the following text:
COMMEMORATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF
UPPER MURRAY BRUMBIES AND WALERS
to the GREAT WAR
'Early the next morning, the Light Horsemen
started the horses on the long journey to the
nearest railhead. They left at a canter, steadied
to a trot, and then a walk, on the soft dirt road.
When eventually they would reach the railhead,
there would be other mobs, with other Light
Horsemen, and trucks waiting for them.'
[Elyne Mitchell, The Lighthorsemen: The Story of the men
and horses who attempted the impossible and rode into
Legend, (Penguin Books, 1987)
[Logos, of: Australian Government/Department of Veteran Affairs
Returned Servicemen League.]
Address: Corner of Hanson & Donaldson Streets, Corryong, Vic, 3707, Australia
Visited: 0950, Monday, 31 December, 2018
[I was getting nearer my destination of my holidays - Molesworth, Vic, where I would be spending a week camping with 2,000+ youth.]