The history of the early Arabian importations into Australia is indeed very interesting and would entail much more than this page will allow. It is these early Arabian horses and their history which is of interest to The Old Colonial Arabian Horse Club of Australia.

The Old Colonial Arabian: is a term applied to pure Arabians which are 100% progeny, that is, with no other bloodlines whatsoever, of the following horses which are eligible for The Old Colonial Arabian Horse Club of Australia.

The Foundation Stock:

SIR JAMES BOUCAUT, QUAMBI STUD, S.A.

Stallions

Rafyk* (Azrek-Rose of Sharon) imp 1891.
Faraoun* (Mesaoud-Fulana) imp 1901.

Mares:

Dahna* (Kars-Dahrna) imp 1891.
Rose of Jericho* (Kars-Rodania) imp 1891.
Namusa* (Ahmar-Narghileh) imp 1901.
El Lahr* (Imamzada-Dinarzade) imp 1901.

The stallions Magistrate and Mahbout both high caste Arabians imported from India in 1888.

SAMUEL WINTER-COOKE, MURNDAL, VICTORIA.

Stallions:

Fakreddin* (Rijm-Feluka) imp 1911.

A.J. McDONALD, TEHAMA STUD, DUBBO, N.S.W.

Stallions

Harir* (Berk x Hamasa) imp 1912 by G. L. Brown.
Raisuli (Rief* x Ayesha)
Prince Nejd (Shahzada* x Neidmieh*)

Mares

Sekh (Rafyk* x Namusa*) 
Rabi (Rafyk* x Namusa*)

A.E. GRACE, WOODLANDS STUD, DENMAN, N.S.W.

Stallions

Shahzada* (Mootrub x Ruth Kesia) imp 1925

Mares

Viriam' (Nadir x Ranya) imp 1925.
Nejdmieh* Desert Bred.
Nejd Sherifa* iid. (Nuri Sherif x Nejdmieh*)

J.F. JELBART, STONY PARK EAST, NEAR ALBURY.

Stallions

Sirdar (Shahzada* x Neidmieh*)
Ishmael (Shahzada* x Miriam*)
Kataf* (Outlaw x Kateefah) imp 1935 by E.G. Bonython, S.A.
Nazar (Rafyk* x Labadah)

Mares

Mecca II (Khamasin x Al Caswa)
Kufara (Khamasin x Al Caswa)
Mena (Fakreddin* x Al Caswa)
Kaaba (Fakreddin* x Al Caswa)


100% DESCENDANTS OF HORSES BRED OR OWNED BY THE N.S.W. DEPT OF AGRICULTURE UP TO 1955 INCLUSIVE, specifically:

Stallions

Jedran (Prince Nejd x Salama)
Ghengis Khan (Shahzada* x Miriam*)
Sala* (Grey Owl x Hama) imp 1949.
Razaz* (Champurrado x Rahab) imp 1955

Mares

The 18 mares bred by J.F. Jelbart and purchased by the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture:
1. Alada (Aladdin x Cazada)
2. Alaga Girl (Aladdin x Anaga)
3. Alaga Maid (Aladdin x Anaga)
4. Almeli (Aladdin x Tarfa II)
5. Anaga (Sirdar x Judith)
6. Buraida (Sirdar x Salome)
7. Gazada (Sirdar x Mecca II)
8. Fara (Kataf* x Salome)
9. Fuewasa (Kataf*x Cazada)
10. Ghazal (Kataf*x Judith)
11. Kassie (Kataf*x Caswa)
12. Kataf's Lass (Kataf*x Judith)
13. Mira (Kataf*x Melika)
14. Mishal (Sirdar x Kufara)
15. Melika (Ishmae x Kufara)
16. Rufeiya II(Kataf*x Sir Aatika)
17. Sir Aatika (Sirdar x Kufara)
18. Salome (Ishmael x Mecca II)

FENWICK STUD

Stallions

Indian Light* (Naseem x Nisreen) imp 1935 by A.D.D. Maclean, Fenwick Stud, Victoria.
Rakib* (Nax x Rythama) imp 1938 by Mr H.S.D. Hirst, Springmead, N.S.W.
Raseel* (Nureddin x Rafina*) imp 1925 by A.D.D. Maclean, Fenwick Stud, Victoria.
Riffal* (Naufal x Razina) imp 1947 by A.D.D. Maclean.

Mares

Rafina* (Rustem x Risala) imp 1925 by A.D.D. Maclean.
Nasirieh* (Skowronek x Nisreen) imp 1935, by A.D.D. Maclean.
Nuralina (Hazzam x Nasira) imp 1936 by A.D.D. Maclean.

THE OBJECTS OF THE CLUB:

  • To preserve the bloodlines, distinguishing qualities and features, of the Old Colonial Horse.
  • To promote the breeding of performance and working Old Colonial Arabian horses.
  • To establish and maintain a register of Old Colonial Arabian horses.

FOOTNOTE:

The Honorary member of The Old Colonial Arabian Horse Club of Australia, Mr L. J. Ellery of Cudgelbar Stud, Cobbera, N.S.W. should not go without mention. Mr Ellery is Australia's oldest breeder having established "Cudgelbar" in 1933 by arrangement with McDonald's Tehama Stud, with the leased Shahzada mares Esther from Miriam* and Balkis from Nejdmieh*. By preserving the blood of the desert horse intact, with no modern blood, Mr Ellery has retained the clean limbed hardiness and thriftness of the original Arabian horse.

*** - "From necessity and choice the Arabs practice inbreeding and line-breeding, the best evidence of absolute purity of blood is that it can stand close consanguinous unions without deteriorating" . . . W. R. Brown "Horse of the Desert".

Further information -

The Secretary,
Ann Myland
The Old Colonial Arabian Horse Club of Australia,
Lot 4 Kingston Road,
via Urelia, 2358. N.S.W.
AUSTRALIA

Azrek foaled In 1861, a grey horse of the Seglawl Jedran breed of lbn ed Derri, bred by Sheykh Mashiab lbn ad Derri of the Gomussa tribe of Sebaa Anazeh, purchased from the breeder by Mr Blunt In 1887, In the desert of Northern Arabia, and Imported In the spring of 1688.
A celebrated stallion. Vol. 16 General Stud Book, (England).

THE AUSTRALIAN ARABIAN YEARBOOK p107 C. Gordon (reproduced with permission)

 

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