Thursday, January 27, 2011

TIDBINBILLA BRUMBIES


Thirty brumbies captured for the 1932 #Canberra Kangarodeo. Interestingly these horses could have been descendants of  several 1830's 'blood horses' that made their escape into the waiting mountains...

The Canberra Times - 19 January 1932


National Library of Australia

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2 comments:

  1. We have a Brumby sanctuary on the next door property.
    http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com/

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  2. Unfortunately the ACT is not a sanctuary for the Brumbie and are seen as a feral animal doing damage to the Mountains. My mind agrees but my heart still races at the memory of the sound of a mob racing past a midnight camp.

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