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The Illawarra Shorthorn or Illawarra is an Australian breed of dairy cattle. Its origins are not documented, but it is thought to derive from crossbreeding of Ayrshire, Devon, and Dairy Shorthorn. The name Illawarra was abbreviated from the earlier Australian Illawarra Shorthorn, and named after Illawarra, New South Wales. [1]
The Droughtmaster is an Australian breed of beef cattle. It was developed from about 1915 in North Queensland by crossing zebuine cattle with cattle of British origin, principally the Beef Shorthorn. It was the first Australian taurindicine hybrid breed; [3]: 171 it is approximately 50% Bos indicus and 50% Bos taurus. [4]
Cattle breeds fall into two main types, which are regarded as either two closely related species, or two subspecies of one species. Bos indicus (or Bos taurus indicus ) cattle, commonly called zebu, are adapted to hot climates and originated in the tropical parts of the world such as India, Sub-saharan Africa, China, and Southeast Asia.
All Shorthorn cattle are coloured red, white, or roan, although roan cattle are preferred by some, and completely white animals are not common. However, one type of Shorthorn has been bred to be consistently white – the Whitebred Shorthorn , which was developed to cross with black Galloway cattle to produce a popular blue roan crossbreed, the ...
He became a leading producer of shorthorn cattle. Hall also experimented in dog breeding to produce a prototype cattle dog from the breeding of dingos with a type of Scottish collie. This breed was called the Halls Heeler, which were later refined by others through further breeding to create the Australian cattle dog. Hall is regarded as the ...
Pages in category "Cattle breeds originating in Australia" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
As at 3 October 2000, Toongla was an example of a largely intact Victorian Villa. It is associated with William Moles, a founding member of Shellharbour Council, Acting Town Clerk, Senior Magistrate and one of the pioneers of Shorthorn cattle breeding in the Illawarra. [1] [4] An exceptional late 19th century homestead.
Edward Lloyd Jones (23 April 1874 – 2 February 1934) [1] was an Australian Shorthorn cattle breeder and chairman of David Jones Limited. [2] David Jones was founded in Sydney in 1838 and is the world's oldest continuously operating department store still trading under its original name.