The Australian Stock Saddle
and the Saddlers that made them
1897
Inside L Uhl & Sons and their famous window display horse
Workers in their aprons at a collar making shed - c 1890s
Wrights Saddle and Harness Makers c1916
Two different eras of the Australian Light Horse
Christmas Supplement of the Queenslander 1903
An excellent example of a knee pad on a c1870 saddle
Nothing new in Natural Horsemanship, as this photo was taken 100 years ago in 1921.
Mr Langmeade on his showjumper Hurricane riding without saddle and bridle.
Mr W M Watling commenced his saddlery trade in Bega in 1905. Here shows his novel way of getting around the country
Reference: State Library of NSW
Reference: State Library of NSW
Mr Keating's saddlery in the famous Kelly Street, Scone in 1872. Today, Kelly Street still has a saddlery shop. Knee pads obvious even then.
Reference: State Library of NSW
Schiffman's Saddlery, Tenterfield c1880. Note: behind man on right is a saddle with knee pad on a fan & burr tree.
Many saddles pictured are made with a Melbourne panel.
Note the knee pads on all the regiment's saddles. New South Wales Mounted Rifles waiting for orders in the Boer War 1901
Reference: Aust. Boer War Memorial
Tattersall's Horse Bazaar, Brisbane 1860's
1880's drawing called "The Buck Jumper" - early life in Australia
C Boyling, Saddler Eumundi 1914
Drovers in the 1880's