Author: Angela Tiede

A photographic record of the capture of horses on Todd River Downs station in June 2019, recording the transition of some of these Walers from a wild to a domestic life.

Mares Topsy, Bess and Hale (along with Topsy’s filly foal Indi and Hale’s colt foal Pinjee in utero), and gelding Tommy, were captured in June 2019 along with 16 others on a remote outback property in the NT, from horse herds roaming wild.

All I did was stop at the Castlemaine market one Saturday to buy some apples. A Waler breeder from Tylden was there and the rest is history as they say.
I asked if I could visit their horses sometime, as although I had heard about them I had never met a Waler horse. No problem was the answer.

Topsy was born on remote traditionally owned land on the edge of the Simpson Desert, Northern Territory. Dam and sire unknown.

Tommy was born on remote traditionally owned land on the edge of the Simpson Desert, Northern Territory. Dam and sire unknown.

Indi was born on 28 October 2019 at Darraweit Guim, Victoria to mare Topsy, following Topsy’s capture that June. Sire unknown.

Bess was born on remote traditionally owned land on the edge of the Simpson Desert, Northern Territory. Dam and sire unknown.

Mega was born on The Garden Station in approx 1989, rescued as a young foal and serving as a Waler ambassador for over a decade at the Collingwood Children’s Farm in Melbourne.