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*There was a trade in Australian Stock Horses to India. The first horses were sent from New South Wales and in India they became known as [http://www.lighthorse.org.au/military/thewaler.htm Walers] whenever they came from in Australia.
:*A book has been written called ''Walers : Australian Horses Abroad'' by Yarwood, A. T. (Alexander Turnbull), 1927-2002. Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press, 1989.: ISBN: 0522843859 [http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/apps/kss?mode=bas Search for a Library] in Australia which has this book.<br>
:*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waler_horse Waler horse] Wikipedia.
:*''International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds'' by Bonnie L. Hendricks, Anthony A. Dent page 434 [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CdJg3qXssWYC&pg=PA434 Google Books]
:*[http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemLarge.aspx?itemID=423868 Landing Waler Horses at Madras c 1834] Watercolour drawing at NSW State Library
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==Early Connections with India==
Links between Australia and India were established from an early date. The first Anglican chaplains, appointed from 1788 at the time when the first shipment of convicts was sent from Britain, were British Government officials. Then from 1825 - 1836 the Australian Continent formed part of the Diocese of Calcutta. This appears to have been for administrative purposes only as Church records for this period do not appear in the India Office Series. It is probable that any original intention to make regular visitations of New South Wales (as it was then called ) from Calcutta proved impractical bearing in mind the huge distances involved. This is reflected in a book written by Henry Shepherd in 1829
[http://books.google.com/books?id=_7sHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+inefficiency+of+the+ecclesiastical+establishment+of+India#v=onepage&q=&f=false The inefficiency of the ecclesiastical establishment of India ]
==External Links==
This section details connections between British India and '''Australia''', particularly emigration and immigration.
*[http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/recordsearch/index.aspx National Archives of Australia: Index to passenger arrivals] Select ''passenger index'' for passengers arriving by ship in Fremantle and other Western Australian ports between January 1921 and 15 January 1950; or arriving at Perth airport between 1944 and 15 January 1950. Dates are those available at July 2009, new data may be added. Includes passengers proceeding to ports further east, including New Zealand.
*[http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954] is searchable and has many items which mention India.
*[http://home.alphalink.com.au/~agilbert/curious.html The Curious Exclusion Of Anglo-Indians From Mass Slaughter During The Partition Of India] Experiences in India During 1947 of some who went to New Zealand by Dorothy McMenamin. ''The International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies'' Volume 9, Number 1, 2006
== Walers==
From around the mid nineteenth century there was a demand from India for stock horses from New South Wales (Australia). These were particularly popular with the Indian Cavalry as the horses were thought to be able to stand the climate of Australia better than horses from England. The Australian horses were known as [http://www.lighthorse.org.au/military/thewaler.htm Walers]
:*A book has been written called ''Walers : Australian Horses Abroad'' by Yarwood, A. T. (Alexander Turnbull), 1927-2002. Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press, 1989.: ISBN: 0522843859 [http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/apps/kss?mode=bas Search for a Library] in Australia which has this book.<br>
:*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waler_horse Waler horse] Wikipedia.
:*''International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds'' by Bonnie L. Hendricks, Anthony A. Dent page 434 [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CdJg3qXssWYC&pg=PA434 Google Books]
:*[http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemLarge.aspx?itemID=423868 Landing Waler Horses at Madras c 1834] Watercolour drawing at NSW State Library
==Orphans==
