Tim George is a Senior Constable in the Northern Territory Mounted Police Unit. Tim grew up in the horse industry, working as a jockey, trainer, and stockman. His dad was a jockey, and his mum’s dad – Vivian Oldfield – was a winner of the Darwin Cup in 1959 on the horse Wood.
Amongst his proudest accomplishments was working in Hokkaido, Japan, breaking-in horses.
Tim lives on a rural Darwin property with his family.
In 1915, Albert Borella journeyed through 1000 kilometres of the Northern Territory’s Outback from Tennant Creek to Darwin to join up to fight in World War I. He fought at Gallipoli, and the Western Front, was twice wounded, commissioned on the battlefield, and was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest
honour for valor in combat.
The Borella Ride is being recognised as an Anzac Centenary 2015 programmed event supported by the Commonwealth of Australia and the Northern Territory Government.
