A PUBLIC RECORD

Walers are a uniquely Australian mix of the horses brought to the Colony to provide transport and facilitate communication, settlement and farming in our harsh environment. Walers were bred to suit local conditions so successfully that they were also exported all over the world up until the mid-twentieth century.

Despite efforts to save the breed, the old blood lines and types are fast disappearing. This public record is intended to help ensure that we do not lose them, providing opportunity for public assistance.

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Foundation Walers

DOES ANYONE KNOW?

38 horses are currently unmatched to an original source station. You can see them listed in our database here. Do you know which station any of these horses are from?

Central Australian landscape
Australian Waler Horse Database
Walers at farm in Victoria Australia

ALL FOR THE WALER

The Waler horse is something most will just read about in history books; or recognise from legendary feats such as the Charge at the Battle of Beersheba. They are however not a relic of history, and several groups have been working since the 1980s to secure their future, with remnant herds likely still existing in remote Australia.

Our database provides a place to record our foundation generation of Waler horses and their offspring, acknowledging their significant contribution to our history. To ensure our Walers are still here for future generations to know, we are collecting this information for owners, breeders and the generally interested.

Foal Indi with poppy sculpture
'Horse being broken in, Wedge Island. 1940.' State Library S.A.

Wedge Island

Enoch Waler

Wedge Island covers about 10 square kilometres, it’s between York and Eyre Peninsulas – at the mouth of Spencer Gulf, South Australia. Once, good Waler types were bred there and gained top prices.

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How you can help

The Waler Database is a work in progress. Our team has spent years collecting information. Now we need your help to improve the records. Please send in any Waler details you can recall.

Advice, corrections, photographs and stories are all welcome.

Without your contribution we will not be able to provide a comprehensive public record, and without one, our old-fashioned Walers will likely be lost to us all.

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Patent Eclipse Manure and Seed Drill, Sydney Mail & NSW Advertiser, 4th September 1875.

Sowing Seed

Enoch Waler

A reminder of the amazing innovations of our farming history, finding ways to become more efficient was a way of life.

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Just Horsing Around

Equestrian Life website
Waler Data Base @ Facebook
Youtube
Waler Data Base @ Facebook
FEI Driving @ Facebook
Royal Logistic Corps Horse Drawn Heritage
Waler Data Base @ Facebook
Waler Data Base @ Facebook
Waler Data Base @ Facebook
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Waler Data Base @ Facebook
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