The Year of The Horse

The Year of the Horse is one of the twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac. It symbolises energy, independence, and determination. Traditionally, people born in this year are thought to be confident, hardworking, and freedom-loving, and the year itself is often seen as a time of movement, ambition, and bold action. We thought we would look in our collection for interesting photographs featuring horses.

Many families in the hills will be involved with horses, joining groups such as Pony Club, Adult Riding or Riding for the Disabled.

We have in fact 74 photographs including horses and could always have more. Also, if you look on our website under the heading Past Exhibitions you can see wonderful images of various aspects of working horses in the exhibition Hoofprints in the Hills, which was opened in February 2018.

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Syd Russell and Tiny the horse 1941. The building behind was Stoneville Hall, now a private home.

Reece Ball with Bessie pulling a sulky in Mundaring 1920s.

Hugo Throssell's Lazy HIT Ranch, Greenmount, 1920s.

Lady riding sidesaddle outside Sawyers Valley Hotel 1920s.

Selkirk family on the way to school 1930s.

McGlew's Gravel Pits Smiths Mill/Glen Forrest. The carts were called ''dobbins", 1903.