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:*[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://www.archive.org/stream/somerecollection00nevirich#page/n5/mode/2up ''Some Recollection Recollections in the Life of Lieut.-Col. P.P. Nevill, late Major 63rd Regiment''] 1864 Archive.org. In 1834 Captain Nevill was in Sydney and was asked to take charge of a shipment of horses which were to travel on the same ship to India [http://www.archive.org/stream/somerecollection00nevirich#page/86/mode/2up page 87]. [http://www.archive.org/stream/somerecollection00nevirich#page/104/mode/2up Page 105] states that this was the first batch, on trial, that had succeeded in reaching India.
:*[http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemLarge.aspx?itemID=423868 Landing Waler Horses at Madras c 1834] Watercolour drawing at NSW State Library. [http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=423868 Details]. This is another drawing in the same [http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/album/albumView.aspx?acmsID=423868&itemID=874482 album]
:*An article 'European Orphans and Vagrants in India in the Nineteenth Century' by David Arnold in ''Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History'' , Volume 7,January 1979, number 2, pages 117 and 121 says
