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This Museum Victoria website provides information on the great racehorse, Phar Lap. On the site you can explore the virtual Phar Lap exhibition, read the Phar Lap facts including what the times were like when he was alive, his life, the rise to becoming a
Public Affairs teamMedia image galleryMedia KitsMedia Releases Inde ... The Melbourne Cup goes on show at the National Museum tomorrow alongside another icon - Phar Lap's heart - 75 years after the legendary horse won the prestigious race. The $80,000 cu...
> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. Collection Objects / Image Gallery Scrapbook / Image Scrapbook devoted to Phar Lap, donated to Museum Victoria by Mari...
> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. Collection Objects / Image Gallery Scrapbook / Image Scrapbook devoted to Phar Lap, donated to Museum Victoria by Mari...
> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. Collection Objects / Image Gallery Scrapbook / Image Scrapbook devoted to Phar Lap, donated to Museum Victoria by Mari...
> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. A map of the streets behind Caulfield Racecourse and scene of the attempted shooting of Phar Lap, drawn by Robert Phil...
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> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. Phar Lap and his strapper Tommy Woodcock Privacy Rights Disclaimer Contact Us E-News ...
> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. Signed photograph of members of the Phar Lap entourage; from left, jockey Bill Elliot, vet Dr Nielson and track rider ...
> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. Media Star / Phar Lap versus Carbine / Image An early champion, Carbine, at stud in England in the 1890s...
> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. Phar Lap's Death / What Did Kill Phar Lap? Suspicions that Phar Lap had been poisoned surfaced quickly in the press. ...
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> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. Scenes from Phar Lap's 1930 Melbourne Cup win at Flemington. Harry Telford poses with his young son, Gerald, at the p...
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