Welcome to the homepage of the
“Newhaven
Waler Project”
Newhaven Chancellor receiving Reserve Champion Waler Ribbon at Yass Show 2006
| * | Records page |
| * | Links page |
| * | History page |
| * | Story page |
| * | Before and After |
| * | Newhaven Station |
| * | Illawarra Light Horse |
| * |
What is the project?
All contributions are welcome!
Send an e-mail to: weir.family3@bigpond.com
See our Records page to see if your Newhaven Waler is listed
A Links page has been added for your further interest
A History page of the Newhaven Walers is also being developed,
we welcome your contributions.
Photographs of Newhaven Station taken from Lindsay McComb's video footage.
Check out our story page page.
Latest story addition is Chance's Story see also
Janna's story plus Mark's story of "My Mate Monty"
This project is being developed by a group of Newhaven Waler owners and enthusiasts for the purpose of recording and tracing the history of horses from Newhaven station, and following their progress over the coming years.
Newhaven station was unique in its isolation. Bordering on the Tanami Desert in the North, and the MacDonnell Ranges in the South, Newhaven is 300km North-West of Alice Springs. The station horses are the descendants of early drovers horses from the 30’s with the occasional introduction of new blood. Due to harsh conditions and scarcity of food, it was an unforgiving environment for the horses to develop in. By the late 70’s they were no longer being used as working animals on the station, thus, the horses have bred on through a process of natural selection which has produced a unique and hardy Waler type.
In 2002 the station was sold and cleared of stock.
It is the interest of the “Newhaven Waler Project” to observe how these horses have adapted to their new environments, and what future changes they - and their progeny undergo on both physical and psychological levels.
To date we have traced approximately 150 of these horses and are anticipating that this Website will produce more interest. We hope you will find the following pages very informative.
Last updated. 9-04-07