A trip back in time: A driver's experience delivering horse mail from Busselton to Cape Leeuwin

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Updated April 15 2021 - 12:35am, first published June 29 2020 - 1:30pm
Sid Breeden's grandmother pictured in a horse and sulky circa 1913 in Newtown. Image supplied.
Sid Breeden's grandmother pictured in a horse and sulky circa 1913 in Newtown. Image supplied.

In 1915, Busselton resident Arthur Breeden would start a 14-hour journey to Augusta delivering mail by horse and cart.

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Emma Kirk

Journalist

Journalist for the Busselton Mail, Australian Community Media, and Fairfax Media.