Where does a brumby come from?

Answer 1

I hope you are talking about the wild bush horses of the Australian High Country, these are the only Brumbies I know. Every OZ knows what a Brumby is but few know how they got their name. Way back in the 19th century a man ran a property up in the Great Dividing Range out Canberra way long before that place became a town and then the OZ capital. The place failed and the man gave up. He had a lot of horses on the property so he just opened the gates to let them fend for themselves. the mans name was John Brumby. Whenever the horses showed up and someone asked 'who's horses' some one would answer 'they are Brumby's horses' eventually it was shortened to 'they're Brumbies' They survived very well and all those wild horses you see up in the range, they are the descendants of that mob.