Wollomai - Phillip Island V.I.C., Newhaven, Victoria, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
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
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Rigger64
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The plaque reads: 

	WOLLOMAI
[Drawing]			[Photo]
	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

Age/Event Date: 1875

Type of Historic Marker: Plaque only

Type of Historic Marker if other: Not listed

Related Website: Not listed

Historic Resources.: Not listed
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