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SANDY'S GRAVE

Location

REMOUNT HILL AND OFF RANDALL STREET AND OFF CHICAGO STREET MARIBYRNONG, MARIBYRNONG CITY

Level

Heritage Inventory Site

Statement of Significance

THE HORSE "FISHERMAN" WAS IMPORTED FROM BRITAIN AND WAS AN IMPORTANT RACING AND STUD HORSE. THE HORSE "LANTERN" WON THE MELBOURNE CUP AND THE DERBY IN 1864. THE HORSE "SANDY" WAS THE ONLY HORSE TO RETURN TO AUSTRALIA AFTER WWI AND WAS BURIED IN 1923. THE GRAVE SITES HAVE NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE BECAUSE OF SANDY'S ROLE IN THE WAR EFFORT AND FISHERMAN'S AND LANTERN'S CONTRIBUTION TO HORSE RACING IN THE 19TH-C.

Group

Cemeteries and Burial Sites

Category

Isolated Grave/Burial Site