Upper Murray Anzacs - Men and Their Mounts Mural

This long mural decorates the wall of the carpark of the Corryong RSL Memorial Hall. It was created by Simon White as part of the Corryong Mural Art initiative.

It tells the story of the bushmen and their horses, often the wild brumbies from the upper reaches of the Murray. Many stockmen of the region (think 'The Man From Snowy River') became Light Horsemen, as did Andrew 'Banjo' Patterson, who commanded the 2nd Remount Unit at Moascar (a Queensland/NSW Unit). A verse from the poem is reproduced under the scene depicting the mustering of the bush horses.  

Documentation at the site suggests that breeders of Remounts and Walers let the young horses loose in the mountain country to 'toughen them up', mustering them as 4-year-olds and selling them to the Army.

Scenes in this mural include mustering the wild horses, activities in Sinai and Palestine, the introduction of mechanisation, including the Light Car Patrol and the first use of tanks in the Second Battle of Gaza in 1917, and the early days of the 1st Squadron Australian Air Corpo. In the final scene, a lighthorseman returns to the family farm.