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Transport
Walking was a necessity, not an optional form of exercise, when the Western District was first settled by Europeans. Things changed quickly though.
Kids and horses!
The Murphy twins.
A ladies' outing. The horse, man and child are a lovely sight. Not so sure about the "ladies" here. She is parked in front of the "groceries, wines and spirits" sign on a Merino shop (1912). This was most certainly a lady: Elsie Seymour (nee McCallum) travelled the district on her trusty BSA (ca 1960). An Austin preparing for a trip. A Wallis's Transport Service bus, carting whom?
Horse teams carting wool bales. Mixed transport in Casterton's main street: bicycles, horse carts and motor vehicles. The railway might have represented progress, but it doesn't have much humanity - at least in this photo At Portland. At Portland.
