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No 7 The Mounted Soldiers of Australia Horses have played a special role in the story of Australia. For the first hundred years of European settlement they were the only means of transport across most of our huge country. Outside the few cities, ability to ride a horse was almost as basic as the abilityContinue reading “Horses of Australia Series”

No 5- Brumby A Brumby is a free-roaming wild horse in Australia. Although found in many areas around the country, the best-known Brumbies are found in the Australian Alps region. Today, most of them are found in the Northern Territory, with the second largest population in Queensland. A group of Brumbies is known as aContinue reading “Horses of Australia Series”