What country brought the first horses to Australia?

Answer 1

austrailias native horse breedsMost horses imported to Australia were from England and Canada.The Thourobred part-breed and the qurter horse were imported for the use of herding cattle and sheep. Later infutions of native English pony,clydesdale,cleaveland bay,andalusian and some Arab blood were used to improve the outcosses height,tenperment and verstality, resulting in the ausrtalian stock horse or "waler" as it is sometimes called. Their is also a feral breed called brumby which is some of the quarter horse and Arabs escaped and formed what like the mustang is to the us is brumby to Australia.

The brubys average heiht is 14-15hh

The "waler" is an average of 15.2-17hh

Answer 2

The first horses that came to Australia, two stallions and five mares, arrived in 1788 with the First Fleet from England. Only two of these horses survived. Australia's breeding horses arrived from South Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope, in 1795.

Answer 3

they were introduced when Captain Arthur Philip came to Australia with the first fleet.

Answer 4

The first horses that arrived in Australia originated from The Cape of Good Hope in Africa. Although, these African horses were brought over by the first fleet from England.

Answer 5

The roots of the Australian Stock Horse date back to the earliest importation of nine horses to Australia, with the arrival of the First Fleet in botany Bay in January, 1788