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:*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>
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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 India better than horses from England. The Australian horses were known as [http://www.lighthorse.org.au/military/thewaler.htm Walers]
:*[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]
