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== 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 India better than horses from England. The Australian horses were known as Walers. :*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waler_horse Waler horse] Wikipedia.:*[http://www.lighthorse.org.au/the-waler-a-breed-of-horse-legend-or-fact/ "“The Waler”… a breed of horse? Legend or fact?"] lighthorse.org.au:*[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 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.
:*[httphttps://acmsdigital.sl.nsw.gov.au/itemdelivery/itemLarge.aspxDeliveryManagerServlet?itemIDembedded=true&toolbar=423868 false&dps_pid=FL1085500 Landing Waler Horses at Madras c 1834] Watercolour drawing at NSW State Library. [http://acmsarchival.sl.nsw.gov.au/itemDetails/archive/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=423868 110320926 Details]. This is another Another drawing in the same [http://acmsdigital.sl.nsw.gov.au/albumdelivery/albumView.aspxDeliveryManagerServlet?acmsIDdps_pid=FL1085499&embedded=423868true&itemIDtoolbar=874482 false album]
:*"Thomas Hagger An Indian Army Veterinary Surgeon in Australia" by John Fisher commences page 5 of this [http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/234/1/avhs_012.pdf Australian Veterinary History Society 1995 Newsletter] pdf and mentions the trade in Australian horses to India c early 1840's.
