Summary

One of the photographs used in a newspaper article from The Sun, 26 Jan1972, featuring Peter Auty and his sister Kate who rode the family horses from Darwin to Melbourne over two years. The photograph depicts Peter and Kate sitting under a tree, resting and eating lunch.

Peter Auty was the oldest of John and Jean Auty's four children. His father was a veterinarian involved with government cattle station programs, work that took him and his family across northern Australia from Queensland to the Kimberley and later to Darwin. When Peter was 17 the family moved to Melbourne. Rather than transport their horses by vehicle, Peter and his sister Kate drove the herd overland, a two-year venture that he interspersed with periods of work on cattle stations and various other outback jobs.

Part of a collection that documents the life of Peter Auty, illustrating his colourful and interesting life, and why he was well loved by his community, recognized in the Victorian Parliament, and awarded two medals posthumously for the important role he played on and following Black Saturday. This collection forms part of the Victorian Bushfires Collection. This large and diverse collection was established following Black Saturday and includes a multi-disciplinary collection of artefacts, images and stories to record the experience and impact of bushfires across Victoria's landscape, ecology and history.

Physical Description

Black and white print.

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