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Armed Escort

c. 1895
Subcollections
2019 Calendar Images
Overview

A black and white safety film negative depicting a mail coach transporting gold.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-11-EG-N-080-017a-P
Item type
Negatives
Photographs
Themes
People
Photography
Social History
Material
Cellulose Acetate
Width
35 mm
Height or length
25 mm
Keywords
Horses
Coach
Gold Transport
Malcom
Menzies
Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia
Men
Place made
Western Australia, Australia
Year
c. 1895
Last modified
Friday, 5 March, 2021
Eastern Goldfields Historical Society

Eastern Goldfields Historical Society

Six harnessed horses pull a coach seating five men along a dusty bush road. A single man armed with a gun rides behind them.
Once a fortnight, the daily mail coach from Malcom to Menzies was accompanied by a mounted armed escort for the transport of gold. Horses were an essential part of life in the early Eastern Goldfields.

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