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B.O. Holtermann in his carriage and pair outside the girls' section of the Hill End Public School

B.O. Holtermann in his carriage and pair outside the girls' section of the Hill End Public School

1872
Glass photonegative

When the Governor, Lord Belmore, returned to Britain in February 1872, he sold his equipages to a livery stable keeper in Sydney. The newly rich Holtermann bought the vice-regal carriage, complete with a pair of showy grey horses and silver-plated harness and took it to Hill End, where his band escorted him through town playing ‘See, the Conquering Hero Comes’.

From the Queenslander, 24 January 1914

When Lord Belmore, the Governor of New South Wales, went home he sold his equipages to a livery stable keeper in Sydney. Holterman bought one of the carriages and a pair of showy grey horses, with silver plated harness, and then he could be frequently seen taking a ride in Lord Belmore's carriage with his lordship's coat of arms on the panels, which he would not have taken off. At one time he took it up to Hill End, and his band went out to meet him, and escorted him through the town playing, "See, the Conquering Hero Comes." [The Queenslander, 24 January 1914, p8]