Maribyrnong Remount Depot

Maribyrnong, MARIBYRNONG CITY

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Statement of Significance

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  • Physical Description 1

    Maribyrnong Remount Depot - Physical Description 1

    Only the brick stables block of the former Fisher stud farm remain.

    Historical Australian Themes

    Maribyrnong Remount Depot - Historical Australian Themes

    Providing administrative structures and authorities - defence

    Usage/Former Usage

    Maribyrnong Remount Depot - Usage/Former Usage

    Not extant

    Veterans Description for Public

    Maribyrnong Remount Depot - Veterans Description for Public

    In 1912 the Commonwealth built an extensive set of timber stables on the former property of the famous Fisher racing family in Maribyrnong. The stables comprised of ancillary buildings and horse exercising yards on the crown of the hill, which still bears the name of Remount Hill. Until their disbandment in 1945, there were two different but related units at Remount Hill; one was the Maribyrnong Remount Depot which was responsible for the purchase, breaking-in, and care of horses for the Australian army, the other was a veterinary hospital. Only the brick stables of the former Fisher stud farm remain.

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  Sandy- The only horse to return from WW1

  Keith Forsey • 24/12/18

  In the First World War 136,000 "walers' were sent abroad. Only one horse was returned to Australia. Sandy was Major General William Bridges horse. When General Bridges was killed at Gallipoli in 1915, he became the only soldier whose body was returned. He is buried in Canberra. In 1918 Sandy was returned to Australia and was turned out to graze at the Maribyrnong Remount Depot. He died 1923.[ awm.gov.au] During WW2 I lived in the Ordnance Quarters [Williamson Rd]Maribyrnong & remember the Depot.