Brumby

 

A brumby refers to the wild horses and ponies of Australia. These free roaming horses are not native to Australia, but are a large part of our heritage.

There are many different types of brumbies, descended from different breed sources. 

It's believed that the first ‘Brumbies’ are said to have belonged to James Brumby a soldier and settler getting his first land grant in 1794, whose horses were left to roam freely in the bush around his property in New South Wales after he left for Tasmania in 1804 but others believe the word has an older origin and is derived from the Irish word bromaigh (meaning ‘young horses’ and pronounced ‘brummy’)

Many breeds have contributed to the Australian Brumby; some of these breeds included the Thoroughbred, Arabian of the 1800's and early 1900's, Roadster, Cleveland Bay, Shire, Suffolk Punch, Percheron, Clydesdale, Timor Pony and Welsh among others.

This list is incomplete..   and some of these populations have later blood that wasn't around in earlier days, such as Quarter Horse and Paint Horse.

Bago-Marangle brumbies

Barmah Forest Brumby

Beerburrum Brumbies, Qld

Bililuna, WA see Kimberley

Bogong High Plains Brumby

 

Cape York brumbies, Qld

Carnarvon bumbies, Qld

Clement brumbies, Qld

Coburg Peninsula,Timor Ponies, NT

Coffin Bay Pony (extinct); derived animals also known as the Coffin Bay Pony, S.A.

Currango brumbies, NSW

 

Finniss River Ponies (extinct), N.T.

 

Guy Fawkes River National Park Brumby

Greenbank Military

 

Indulkana brumbies

 

Kimberley brumbies good information. great history.

Kings Canyon Brumbies

Kosciuszko (Kosi) National Park Brumby
 

Lake Gregory bumbies, W.A. see Kimberley
 

Namadgi National Park Brumby (ACT)

Pilbara brumbies, Mt Welcome, Karratha, W.A. 

Santa Teresa brumbies, N.T.

Stradbroke Island Pony (believed extinct)

Strzelecki brumbies, South Australia

Sturt Stony Desert, South Australia

Simpson Desert, Central Australia, S.A. N.T. and Qld.

Snowies brumbies - Kosciuszko inc. Long Plains, Bogong High Plains, Eastern Victorian Alps, Victorian Alpine, Currango; Vic and N.S.W.

Toolara/Tuan brumbies, Qld

Victorian Alpine 





Biography of James Brumby, horseman, soldier and farmer

edited by Janet Lane 27/07/2022