FROM THE WA CHAIRMAN... WA Angus Breeders decided to put this book together as part of the 100 year celebrations of the existence of the Angus Society of Australia giving as much available input of the past. Generations have developed the Angus breed from a small type of animal into a highly productive and adaptable animal with good meat qualities. This has led to the popularity of the breed not only in Australia but worldwide to be the largest beef breed. The many past and present Breeders that have contributed to this book demonstrate the commitment that they have to the Angus Breed and Angus Australia. The great work done in the past now needs to proceed to the future; with many new challenges ahead; some may still be unknown. Developing the youth as has been done in the past as these youngsters will take the breed forward. Congratulations Angus Australia and thank you for what you have done in the past 100 years looking forward to the next 100.
Mark Hattingh
WA ANGUS COMMITTEE Chairman Mark Hattingh 0419 399 557 Vice Chairman Liz Sudlow 0427 362 025 Treasurer Andrew Kuss 0428 761 240 Bruce Campbell 08 9525 2361
Craig Davis 0428 366 052
S. Gibbs-Hooper 08 9242 8894
Tony Golding 08 9725 4334
Mark Hattingh 0419 399 557
Andrew Kuss 0428 761 240
Ken MacLeay 08 9755 1136
Jim McGregor 08 9831 0401
Pam McGregor 08 9831 0401
Richard Metcalfe 08 9846 8001
Lew Smit 08 9833 6250
Liz Sudlow 0427 362 025
Tony Sudlow 0428 362 032
Allison Wolrige 08 9755 1123
Lindsay Wolrige 08 9755 1123
David Topham 08 9651 8015
Angus are the Feature Breed @ the 2019 Perth Royal, so mark the date on your calendar!!
John Young 08 9884 5253 Secretary
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CONTENTS This magazine has been collated by the WA Angus News Co-ordinator, Shezanne GibbsHooper, along with the help of Pam McGregor and John and Lesley Young who have provided a fantastic insight into the history of the Angus breed in Western Australia and some wonderful poetry. Special mention must also go to the ADVERTISERS because without these dedicated people, this magazine wouldn’t have happened, so thank you to each and every one of you. Your support is greatly appreciated and is what helps to create publications such as this and the WA Angus News and to promote the Angus breed. No special Angus centenary magazine in Western Australia would be complete without including stories of some of the past and present studs and breeders in the industry. Yes, some are no longer active in the industry and some will have been missed and/or couldn’t be contacted but it is hoped that the ones included herein will bring back memories of some of the special people who contributed so much in the earlier years to the ongoing success of the Angus breed. When opinions have been expressed in these stories, please remember these opinions are those of the contributor. Congratulations to the WA Angus Committee, Angus Australia and to all associated with the Angus breed in WA!!
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HISTORY OF ANGUS CATTLE AND THE WA SOCIETY This is a brief resume of the origins of Angus cattle in Australia, and subsequently in WA, and the resultant society that guides the breed as it is today. These black polled cattle were first documented in 1523 and known as Hummel cattle in the county of Aberdeen. Of course, you all know the original formal source of our present stabilised breed being Willie McCombie of Tillyfour in Aberdeen and Hugh Watson of Keillor in Angus, hence the Aberdeen Angus, the name that persists in its homeland still. It was the only breed being developed at the time for solely meat production, and so impressed Emperor Napoleon at the Paris Exposition of 1867, that he purchased some, as attributed to volume 1 of the Aberdeen Angus Society.
EXPLANATION - There are in the Commonwealth several herds of Aberdeen-Angus Cattle which have always been pure. They were started with imported cows and none but imported or pure-bred bulls have been used, but no pedigrees have been kept. It is such cows which shall be eligible for entry in Appendix A. This rule must not be taken to mean that cows which have been graded up, even though for many generations, are acceptable for the Appendix. Proof of the purity of his cows must rest with the breeder. Show Awards from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are included before the last entry - two pages of Diagrams of Aberdeen-Angus Steers, Guide to handling Fat Stock (See diagram on next page).
From Volume 1, The Aberdeen-Angus Herd Book of AusSo, your Scottish ancestors gave you Haggis, Bagpipes, tralia Golf, Curling, Kilts, Tartan, Porridge and Aberdeen-Angus The gift a few years ago of a number of the Aberdeencattle. Initially the forebears of the present Angus cattle Angus Herd Books of Australia from the late David were imported into Tasmania in 1824, on the sailing ship Thompson of Moojepin Angus at Katanning, included Triton, and then a 75km trip to Dennistoun near BothVolume 1, published by the Aberdeen-Angus Herd Book well, by a Captain Wood. They were actually known as Fifeshire cattle then and had a fair bit of white underbelly Society of Australia in July 1922. and udder. Captain Wood continued to import these The Preface states: “At a meeting of several breeders of black polled cattle in 1841 and 1858, bought from the Aberdeen-Angus cattle held in Brisbane on 9th May Tillyfour herd in Scotland for 100 pounds each. 1919, a Society was formed for the purpose of preserving the Pedigrees of the pure bred Aberdeen-Angus cattle in Australia and for the promotion of the best in‘A TRIBUTE TO THE FIRST ANGUS CATTLE terests of importers, breeders and owners of Aberdeen& CAPTAIN WOOD’ Angus cattle, and thereby the public generally. TO FIFESHIRE CATTLE BLACK AND SMALL,
A constitution was adopted and rules and regulations for the conduct of the Herd Book laid down. The Hon J. C. White was appointed President of the Society, and Mr. R. S. Maynard was appointed Honorary Secretary.
The collection of pedigrees, and the verification of them, has been a long and tedious business, but the Society is now able to publish this first Volume of its Herd Book, believing that it is accurate in all particulars, and that it lays the foundation for much future good work.” HERD BOOK The conditions of entry into the Society’s Herd Book shall be that the animal be the progeny of parents already entered in the Society’s Herd Book or in any other recognized Herd Book of the breed; or the progeny of cows entered in the Society’s Appendix as hereinafter provided.
APPENDIX An Appendix, called Appendix A, shall be opened in which shall be entered cows which, in the opinion of the Committee, are pure-bred, though they lack pedigree. The female progeny of these cows by registered sires shall be eligible for entry in Appendix B, and the female progeny of cows in Appendix B by registered sires shall be eligible for entry in the Herd Book. WA ANGUS CENTENARY 2019
A CELEBRATION WE DID CALL TO TRAVEL FROM A SCOTTISH SHORE. THE YEAR WAS 1824. TASMANIA WAS TO BE THEIR HOME, JUST NORTH OF HOBART THEY WOULD ROAM AT DENNISTOUN WITH CAPTAIN WOOD, TO PRODUCE A BREED FOR GREATER GOOD. THE ANGUS, NOW A GREAT SUCCESS, FOR YOU ONLY NEED TO READ THE PRESS. JUST LOOK THROUGH ANY PADDOCK GATE AND BREEDERS LIVE IN EVERY STATE. THE OFFICE IS NOW IN ARMIDALE, INTO THE MODERN WORLD DID SAIL. WITH C.A.A.B. & ANGUS YOUTH, BREEDPLAN TOO NOW HERES THE PROOF THAT ANGUS NOW ARE BIG AND BLACK, AND NOT A LOT THEY REALLY LACK. NOW I THINK WE REALLY SHOULD, JUST GIVE A TOAST TO CAPTAIN WOOD. (L.A. YOUNG)
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HISTORY OF ANGUS CATTLE AND THE WA SOCIETY The first known Angus to arrive in WA were established in 1891 by an early Scottish colonist who was the father of John Muir of Deeside, near Manjimup. The Volume 1 of the Herd book was published in Brisbane in 1922, with volume 2 recording the first West Australian entry of bulls Teviotdale Blackadder, Teviot Clansman, and the cows Betty Grier and Minto Maid, bred and owned by Adam Elder of Moulyinning, which is just east of Dumbleyung. Adam Elder founded his herd with heifers from HS Docker of Bontharambo Victoria, and the Thologolong herd of Messrs Sutherland in NSW - don’t you just love these stud names! In volume 6 of 1936, seven VPs are mentioned including an AE Arney from Waroona. He continues through to 1940. A list of members from 1922 until 1944 is attached. As mentioned in Volume 1, other names, some of which are familiar are as follows Volume 5 1934: AE Arney (Rod) of Waroona. Volume 7 1937: EW Lee-Steere of Toodyay, Miss ME Neate of Mardella, SR Ruddock of Coorow Volume 8 1940: JH Behn of Roelands, E. Loynel of Boweling, LG Michael of Waroona, McNeil Bros of Waroona, LS Payne of Bindoon, Paterson Bros of Pinjarra. Volume 9 1942: JC Dempster of Grass Valley, AW Edgar of Gingin, MR Hammersley of Toodyay, WJ Higham of Williams, CD McCombe of Corrigin, WJ Russel of Corrigin, Geo. Madison of Coolup, G Warburton of Mt Barker, C Smith of Beverley, GL Weaver of Beverley. Volume 10 1944: Val Abbott of Perth and Benger, Ipsen Bros of Manjimup, JF Thorn of Millendon. Volume 11 1945: AS Campbell of Mardella. Volume 13 1946: de Bernales of Maybenup, Williamson of Beverley, Mrs B Trethowan 1947 HA Trefort of Narrogin. And a still operating stud in Volume 18 1958 is GD Muir of Manjimup. The cow herd as of 1922 numbered some 300; today the cow herd inventory is around 70,000 which is as many as all the other breeds combined. Check out the graph on the next page. Registration fee per animal in 1922 was 10 shillings, while annual membership was 5 guineas. In today’s money that is $80 per registration, and $250 membership. So, don’t complain about your inventory fees again! The Society has moved from an honorary secretary to a staff of 34 with all overseen by a directorship of 9.
- Thomas Muir, Deeside WA, 1891. The first person to import Angus to WA. WA ANGUS CENTENARY 2019
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And I must say it is a well run company and excellent staff, with a sensible rotation of directors giving strategic direction and still retaining corporate memory. WA has certainly provided our fair share of quality directors over the years. This is the biggest state with even bigger egos! A list of councillors and directors who represented the national body is listed in the back of the booklet, as well as the WA committee Chair and their tenure.
When the importation of animals from NZ, and a protocol for semen from USA was established, progressive breeders from WA took full advantage and imported sires from NZ that appeared to give the breed a spurt of hybrid vigour. Those included Coonamble, Hillside, Koojan Hills, Leyfields, and Mordallup. Apart from a few exceptions, semen sires from the USA were initially marketed to Australia as a soft touch for outdated bulls.
Membership has gone from that 13 in 1922, to 67 in 1936, 965 in 1967, to the present 4219. West Australian members Marketing of bulls in the 60s through to the 70s, was done in the same period were 1 in 1922, to 3 in 1936, 108 in in the main in the Royal Showgrounds at Claremont. Once a 1967, to the present 264. 3 day event of judging and sale with some 300 bulls of all beef breeds, it could best be described in Kalgoorlie Diggers An interesting description in selecting a sire in one of these and Dealers Terminology as a Swim Through! early herd books is as follows: General make up rugged, Bone large but not course, Not Showing, like all states, had its peak, and Angus could turn excessive development in the front, Pronounced crest out up to 50 in the heady days, with our annual dinner held which ,extends forward, Chest prominent and wide, Entire on judging evening. Kay Sudlow and I would spend a day front which suggests vigour, Squarely set on sound feet checking out restaurants in Northbridge and Subiaco. It had and legs, Strong shapely hocks, Walk with ease, but a de- to be a new one every year. Numbers would start to dwintermined controlled stride, Broad muzzle, clear eyes and a dle, so we joined forces with the Murray Grey Soc., and well-developed jaw, Symmetrically balanced development when they began to fade, we resorted to the current in the of all parts, Refinement and abundance of hair, Smooth cattle lines nosh up, generously put on by some breeders. fleshing qualities. Unfortunately, people seem to have less time for fun! They were the EBVs of the 1920s, and interestingly very close to the number of traits recorded by Breedplan EBVs now. The breeding extremes and fads of course had their time, such as the steer, Black Prince dressing out at 720kgs and frame scores in the 50s at a 3, then to frame 8 in Canada to the present sensible 5-7. Check out some of these photos in the earlier stud books, before fads took over, and find some outstanding animals.
When you’ve got it you flaunt it, would be a fair catch cry of our WA breeders in the eighties, with the advent of the grass fed bull trials held at the Kojonup farm Knutsford of the Walsh family. Starting in 1978 for a period of 20 years at that venue, the progress of WA Angus breeders exposed itself in the comparison with all of the much vaunted Euro breeds. On data available, every year the Angus had the highest individual 600 day weight, as well as average, including individual weight gain and average. Through the mid-century of the 50s and 60s, Angus had a Example 1994: monoculture breeding programme, as a tool for easy calv- Angus Individual 600 day = 826kg, average of 33 = 684kg ing in heifers of other breeds. With the small genetic pool, Best of the rest 600 day = 639kg, average of 27 = 638kg and no new bloodlines being allowed into Australia post The top Angus bull in one year putting on 2.43 kg per day, war due I think risk of foot and mouth, an unfair reputation from June 1st until end November, only on pasture, and hay as nasty fence crawling kicker was gained. supplement as required. WA ANGUS CENTENARY 2019
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HISTORY OF ANGUS CATTLE AND THE WA SOCIETY When we’re on about bragging rights, in an eight year period between 1981 and 1988, at the National Show and sale held at Wodonga, WA sires provided 15% of the numbers for nearly 30% of the proceeds, while the Champion or Reserve Champion came from WA in all but one of these years. One of the earlier forays into the East was in 1977 by the Koojan Hills stud, to the Sydney Royal where Reserve Champion was achieved with the aptly named Koojan Hills Champion. More recently the Cooara Angus of the Bruce Campbell family took out the National Beef Carcase Competition Champion pen, not only in 2015, but repeated it in 2018. And there’s more. In these two years they received ten other major awards. Quite a feat.
Developed on from that is our current Spring Walk, usually held over 2 days in different parts of the state most years, combining cattle and local interests and history. Our newsletter, started in 1981 as the “Blackmail”, and is now circulated as the WA Angus News to over 1100 addresses. Another successful promotion is the annual Angus heifer competition, whereby 10 are selected from a commercial breeder, and bought in conjunction with the Farm Weekly and raffled through the magazine. It is now in its twelfth year.
Youth has been an important adjunct to our society, with one of the first seminars featuring paddock to plate education held in 1983, providing a springboard to scholarships organised by the National body. 1984 saw Paul Williams An annual award, called the Strathtay Trophy, is given by take out the Michigan State University Scholarship, then the Chairman of the day. It is awarded “In recognition of an the University of Illinois was won by Sam Owen in1997, individual or groups success in promoting the Angus breed, followed by Trinity Golding in 2011. A Beef Australia Scholby means of the show ring, carcase competition, sales of arship was awarded to Laura Grubb in 2015. Many others commercial or stud stock, or setting such a standard in who may not have won such coveted prizes, nonetheless their chosen field, thereby earning the respect of Angus have benefited from the experience attending the Tocal breeders.” Recipients 1984 to 2018 are listed in the back schools and national Youth Roundups, with assistance from of the magazine. the WA committee. Interestingly, the CEO of our MLA, Jason Strong, was the recipient of the Illinois State University Life memberships have been awarded to Harry Trefort award in1990. We train them well. 1969, George Madison 1974, Ken Gray 1975, Lionel Moore 1985, and Lew Smit 1990. Why has the Angus Society been so successful? In part because breeders were quick to adopt new technology and Service recognition awards (also National) were to Kay Sud- breeding tools. Sensibly priced semen. The breed with a low 2003, Kath Barham 2003, Pat Williams 2008, and Pam natural marbling gene. Fantastic maternal abilities. And McGregor 2008. maybe the astuteness of the breeders, being descended from the Picts in Northern Britain, who were the only peoLocality breeders groups were tried, but did not expand too ple not subjugated by the Romans. much, except the Swan Districts Angus Breeders, who gave us the annual Breeders versus Stock Agents cricket match So local in origin, so late in improvement, so rapid the held at Serpentine. Breeder’s team were discounted 50 growth, so complete the domination. The breed that runs every time we fielded our Baggy Green in Ken McLeay. writes the history, others read it. And methinks the drinks had more than orange in the juice.
Photo on the right >>> Photo shows Strathtay Saturn C62, Champion Female at the 1985 Perth Royal Show with, from left, John Abbott (Elders), judge Mark Barnett (Tasmania), Mrs Sally Burnett & Jack Young, Strathtay.
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CARINYA PARK ANGUS STUD Carinya Park Angus Stud was founded in the early 1970’s with the purchase of a bull from Athol Ipsen at Mayfield Park in Manjimup and eight heifers from Harry Trefort at Hillside in Narrogin, gradually building up numbers and introducing new bloodlines to breed quality larger framed cattle that would hold their condition.
“Angus Beef is Better” breeder included enjoying the camaraderie of fellow breeders and learning from experienced studmasters and stockmen during this time, including Alf Morris, Archie McLaren and Joe Batt.
Ahead of the times, Carinya Park Hector was a magnificent bull bred by Ken Stirling. Nahweenah Sampson was also a memorable enhancement to the stud. Both were gentle giants with placid natures. Hillside Hazel was outstanding as one of the stud’s best cows with beautiful looks and temperament. Carinya Park Jill was another excellent cow, however, was a very protective mother when she had a calf at foot! The stud was successful in the 1970’s, winning many ribbons, rosettes and trophies at both regional shows and the Perth Royal Show, and participated in the Shell Royal Show Preview Tour involving coaches of visitors to studs in the Great Southern. The tour was filmed by Ted Furlong from Radio 6VA in Albany. AK Stirling & Co won The Downsbragh Trophy at the Perth Royal Show in 1973. Ken Stirling was on the Committee of the Angus Society of WA and travelled to Sydney for meetings and toured South Australian studs in this capacity. Another highlight of Ken’s time as an
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MORDALLUP ANGUS STUD Mordallup Angus Stud, first origins started way back in April 1956 when Graham Muir, then 14 years old, tried on his own, to purchase females from the late Mr. W.J. (Bill) Reid, “The Oaks” Angus Stud dispersal sale, Yeticup, East Manjimup, Western Australia. Trying to bid at a sale is not an easy task nowadays and back then, it was even harder as Graham found out. The auctioneers that day would not take bids from him, as they considered him too young to buy and thought he was fooling around, until Mr. Colin Mead, Chowerup, Boyup Brook stepped in and told the auctioneer to take Graham’s bids as his were as good as everyone else’s and to give him a go. So the last lot to be sold was knocked down to Graham for 90gns and the auctioneer promptly came up to him after the sale and with a slightly sarcastic tone, asked him, “Well now, how are you going to pay for it?” to this he replied, putting his hand in his pocket and withdrawing it with a wad of notes “This”. Taking a literal step backwards, the auctioneer was gobsmacked and apologetic. After finding this out, Mr. Bill Reid was furious with the auctioneers and promised to rectify the problem. He would try and find Graham one of the best cows in state he could secure, which he did later.
clover seed. All were paid in cash; no loans or rain checks were thought of. Graham became interested in cattle at a very young age, especially Angus, when his father, Mervyn Muir, used Angus bulls over his diary cows. His newly acquired cattle were run on his father’s property, “Mordalup” for the first number of years until 1965. After which the cows were shifted one mile south to his new farm that was slowly being developed. These cows had a particularly hard time as they had to graze on scrub, bush and unfenced bulldozing. During that time calves were also born. Ironically the first calf born, a heifer was on New Year’s Day, January 1st, 1957 and aptly named “Mordallup Hogmanay Dawn”, daughter of “Wanderin Nalda 2nd. “Mordallup Wonder Boy” calved on March 10th, 1957 and was the first bull calf born in the stud, out of “Hillside Hazel”. “Mordallup Sputnik” the second bull calf born in the herd was later to become the first bull Graham was to sell. His first client was his Uncle Norman, N.M. Muir, who purchased “Sputnik” on February 9th, 1959 at a price Graham can’t recall.
In June 1959, he took his first team of bulls to Beef Week, Perth, Western Australia. Unsure of how many bulls in the team, he can remember his first bull with the Mordallup prend” So, after the conclusion of the sale, “Wanderin Nalda 2 was fix, “Mordallup Wonder Boy” was sold to Mr. E Giles, Bandee, Graham’s and the foundation of the “Mordallup” Angus Stud Western Australia at a price, he thinks, was 150gns, had begun. “Wanderin Gay Ben 2nd” the bull calf at foot to “Wanderin st November 1 , 1956 was the date that Graham and the Marietta” sold to Mr. GM Gardiner, Dardanup, WA. for 150gns “Mordallup” stud prefix was officially registered by “The Aber- as well. deen Angus Society of Australia” The 3rd bull to sell was his foundation herd sire “Wanderin Gay As promised, Bill Reid stuck to his word and went to Mr. H.A. Ben” to CL & KD Moore, Boyup Brook, WA. for the pleasing (Harry) Trefort’s, “Hillside” Stud, Narrogin, Western Australia price of 260gns after paying 250gns two years earlier. It was and purchased privately “Hillside Hazel,” in calf, at approxicustomary practice back then to keep a stud herd sire for 2 to mately 18 months of age on Graham’s behalf. Previously she 3 years only. The main reason was that their progeny was had been placed first in her class at the 1955 Perth Royal coming on to breed. Show. “Mordallup” took a team of bulls to Beef Week 1959, 1960 & Graham recalls how “Hazel” was transported, saying “local 1962. truck drivers thought it was way too far to travel to Narrogin, Graham recalls, “Been so young, the early days were exciting and she had to be railed down from Narrogin to Boyup Brook times for me and as I fondly look back it’s nice to recollect and and trucked home. “You could hear her bellowing miles away reminisce how things went.” as the train rolled into Boyup Brook and was no different on the truck back to the farm. It’s something that’s etched in my Extracted from “The History of Mordallup Angus Stud, 1956-2006” mind for ever.” Later that year in 1956, Graham went to Beef Week, Perth W.A. with Mr. Jim Goulder, Dalgety manager, Manjimup, and bought “Wanderin Marietta” with a bull calf at foot “Wanderin Gay Ben 2nd” for 350gns and foundation herd sire “Wanderin Gay Ben” for 250gns. “Hillside Baroness” and “Hillside Wonder” were later purchased at Beef Week in 1959. These 5 cows were set to create history for the “Mordallup herd in the years to come. It’s interesting to know how Graham, himself, managed to pay for his first stud animals. It was by trapping rabbits and rolling WA ANGUS CENTENARY 2019
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EVANLEE ANGUS STUD In 1966 Lionel Henry Moore’s farm Evanlee expanded and became “Evanlee Angus Stud” of Boyup Brook. The stud began with cattle from “Booroomooka”, “Glengowan” and “Kilmarnock” progeny. As the stud grew, so did the commercial cattle enterprise.
cles of Association and The Terms of Reference to include all States and Territories to truly make it a national body. His belief in Angus was unwavering and that farming at a high standard, brings not only profits, but satisfaction. Paddocks black with Angus cattle had evolved from his dream some years ago to reality, which meant more to him than any balance sheet no matter how great the profits.
Not being one to follow trends, Lionel wanted the Angus breed to outdo all other breeds and so commenced his involvement with Western Australian Angus Society as President, and also as a Federal Councillor on the committee of the Lionel was instrumental in instituting the “Seal of Approval” certificate for all bulls to be sold at the annual Beef Week Angus Society of Australia for 14 years. Sales which cemented the Angus brand to what it is today, on He found that WA was overlooked by the Eastern States, and menus as “Black Angus” all over the world. Lionel was a “big he wanted WA to be represented at a national level at all picture” man who took a “national approach” on things. committee meetings which were held in Sydney. To make Sadly, no longer with us, Lionel passed away 5th August 2004, Angus a recognised brand was truly an ambition for Lionel having fulfilled his dreams on all things Angus. and to achieve this, he embarked on a plan to place Angus cattle at the top of the tree for sales and commenced showing Evanlee Angus Stud cattle and Commercial steers around the state of WA, winning many Grand Champions along the way. The Angus Society of Australia ran a yearly competition named “The Buchanan Trophy” which was awarded to the breeder who accumulated the most points for trade cattle shown against all breeds, all comers, Australia wide. Evanlee Angus Stud achieved this in 1968, 1969, 1971 and only missing out by 1 point in 1970, an amazing feat considering the birth of the stud was 1966. Lionel and Betty Moore were presented with the coveted Buchanan trophy in March 1972, which had stood in the Angus Society Sydney Office for over 25 years. Lionel was selected by the Angus Society of Australia, to become one of the first two Inspectors of Angus stud cattle in Australia. He was well respected for having the ability to recognise family genes in generations of cattle. Lionel was made an honorary life member of the Angus Society of Australia after declining the National Presidency in 1985. He made over 43 trips to Sydney for various meetings about cattle. During that time he re-wrote the Memorandum & Arti-
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BARMORE ANGUS STUD Kath Barham and husband Ted established the “Barmore” stud at Boddington in 1976.
must be appreciated by the way Kath served on the committee over a period of 18 years from 1979, from which she was elected onto Federal Council in 1979, Since becoming involved with the breed, Kath devot1982, 1992. ed her considerable energies to all aspects of promoting Angus in general as well as the Barmore stud. Such is her enthusiasm, Kath would use her considerable experience in running Teds’ orthodontist clinics, She was a founder member of the first regional and by travelling to the Sydney office a day early for most active Angus group, called the “Swan District council meetings and go through the work practices Breeders”, in which she was actively involved in esand do time and motion study, resulting in higher tablishing the annual cricket match between the Anefficiencies being adopted in some areas. gus Breeders, and a team of “Stockies” and Press Corp, as well as many other functions the group Ted had been in poor health for some time so were involved in. around 2015, they moved off farm to a care facility in Port Kennedy. Ted died in early September 2016. For many years in the 1980’s, Kath produced and edited our first widely distributed WA newsletter called Kath herself has had “steep hills to climb” healththe “Blackmail”. That was the forerunner of the cur- wise in recent years, but that has not diminished her rent WA Angus News. love for Angus cattle or her gregarious and friendly attitude to fellow breeders. Kath now lives in a care The Barhams adopted very early and with enthusifacility in Melbourne close to her nephew and his asm, performance recording now known as family. Breedplan, and the Barmore stud had several trait Written by John Young, Strathtay Angus at Narrogin in 2003 leaders. Barmore also supported the breed, with success in the showring. A very notable contribution and updated for this Special Centenary Magazine.
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The Ardcairnie Story We emigrated from Scotland to Western Australia in 1973 and started with a mob of heifers to mate. These heifers were mixed breeds and crosses and the cattle market collapsed early in 1974, so not the best start. We added sheep to the enterprise in 1976 (and had them till 2006/7) and gradually, by the mid 1980’s had rationalised our multi-coloured herd to mostly Angus, and Jim was working on starting an Angus stud. His Dad, James McGregor of the well respected Murdochcairnie Angus Stud in Fife, Scotland, heard from Jim that Strathtay Angus was holding a female reduction sale late in 1985 and he financed the purchase of eight in-calf females. That generous gift was the start of the Ardcairnie Angus Stud. There was a vague memory that Pam had seen Maybenup on the pedigree of one of the cows bought in 1985. Fast forward to 1998 and the move from Denbarker to the long established property of Maybenup near Kojonup. Travelling up and down the Albany Highway, we had always seen Angus cattle on this property south-east of the town. When we moved to Maybenup in 1998, we decided we would be grass farmers using the Holistic Management concepts to operate the farm. We had both undertaken a course before the move to Kojonup, seeking a concept that would keep us motivated, was ecologically sound and be rewarding in our farming lifestyle. We had also taken a two day course with Bud Williams on Low Stress Stock Handling which has changed the relationship between man and beast and created a harmonious, mutually respectful relationship with our animals which makes stock work enjoyable. We decided early on to offer bulls for sale in working condition, with the aim they would have a long and productive life. We embraced Breedplan at the beginning to progress our breeding objectives and give potential clients help in bull selection. We included our commercial cows in the ACR Register to help the credibility of the data while our HBR cow numbers were low (they are run in one group). Our HBR herd now numbers 370 head. We are fortunate to have progressed our stud as the Angus Society of Australia has forged ahead with dynamic programmes and excellent leadership.
A few years ago, David Thompson of Moojepin Angus at Katanning had given us a pile of Herd Books of Australian Angus and they had sat on a bookshelf until this centenary year. Almost by chance, Pam picked up Volume 18, published in April 1958 and found Mrs B Trethowan of Maybenup had three bulls in the list: Maybenup Maori Lad, Maybenup Monarch and Maybenup Prince, and one cow, Maybenup Merry Maid. A phone call to John Young of Strathtay brought the information that the Infanta line in our herd came to Strathtay from Maybenup Infanta (born in September 1973 and sold to Strathtay that same month). Her sire was Maybenup Muktar, dam Maybenup Irene. From Maybenup Infanta came Strathtay Infanta C31 born on 13th March 1983. We bought her in November 1985 and still have in 2019, twenty Infanta girls in our breeding herd. Perhaps the word ‘girls’ is not quite the correct description of those 20 females – E18 was born in 2009, F68 and F161 in 2010, one each in 2012 (H13) and 2013 (J191), four in 2014, 2 in 2015, 4 in 2016 and 5 in 2017. There’s 11 2018 heifers being mated and the 20 calves born this year are ten bulls and ten heifers. So the Infanta line have, since 1998, returned to the home of their origin at Maybenup.
WILSON DOWNS ANGUS STUD Wilson Downs Angus Stud was conducted by Beth and John McKay at Cunderdin in the central wheatbelt of Western Australia. The property farmed wheat, sheep and the Angus stud. The annual average rainfall was 350mms. The stud was formed in 1968 based on females purchased from the Tenterfield, Barwidgee and Wallah studs.
representative on the Federal Council. Beth is recognised for her ability to prepare and show cattle with a supreme achievement being winning the Governors’ Cup at the Perth Royal Show in 1990 for most points in the Livestock Section. Wilson Downs has been to the forefront in marketing, conducting the Royal Canadian Sale in New Zealand of pure Canadian bloodlines, and in 1978, using the services of Roley Fraser from Scotland to auction their annual bull sale.
In 1981, prior to the protocol allowing direct importation of cattle into Australia, embryos and heifers were imported into New Zealand. This resulted in the female 1998 saw the introduction of a Red Angus herd which lines of the Rosebud and Pride families, which have had has been successful in both the show ring and bull sales, an outstanding influence in many herds. setting a State record price for a bull of $14,000 in 2003. Wilson Downs was involved in the instigation of grass Beth and John McKay Phone 08 9316 3396; mobile fed bull trials in 1978 in Kojonup in Western Australia 0427 362 042; email: wilsondowns@wn.com.au for the Angus Society. Wilson Downs also formed and managed the International Angus Stud which comprised animals from Western Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia and New Zealand to form an elite herd. This stud produced the top-priced bulls for two consecutive years at the Angus National Beef Classic and Wodonga, Victoria. Cattle from the stud have been extremely successful across Australia: - Bred or involved in the breeding of the top selling bull at the National Beef Classic for six years, including the record priced Wilson Downs Zenith to a New Zealand syndicate for $40,000 for a three-quarter share; - Bred the Supreme Angus Exhibit at the Perth Royal Show for five consecutive years including two All Breed Champions; - Bred the top performing Angus Bull in the Western Australian Grass Fed Bull Trials in Kojonup for three consecutive years; - Bred the 1986 and 1987 Supreme Angus Exhibit at the Sydney Royal Show; - Bred the top selling bull of all breeds at the United Beef Breeders Association of W.A. Annual Sale for four consecutive years. John has been involved in the industry as the Western Australian State Chairman of the Angus Society and a WA ANGUS CENTENARY 2019
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HARRY TREFORT Nephew Peter Trefort has put together this account of his Uncle and his Angus journey: he says “Thank you for asking me to put together an account of the role Harry played in the ANGUS SOCIETY in WA, as has been said to me on many occasions he was the prime mover and father figure of the Breed.”
Moore, Gail Holding and many others. A group of Stud owners led by Harry went to New Zealand to source bulls and heifers to increase the Genetic Base in their herds. Those who participated with Harry were Lew Smit, Murray Davis, Ken Gray from Yalebra Stud in Gosnells and Ken Curtis from Wickepin.
Hillside Farm was settled in 1892 by Harry’s GrandfaAttending shows all over the State with a truckload ther, passed down through time until the 1930’s when Harry assumed control and then ran the place of cattle was a favourite pastime; at that time every town had an annual Show. with Brothers Jack and later years Jim. Harry’s love for ANGUS started when he used an Angus Bull over his dairy cows. Like many farmers at that time, he milked cows to give a household income selling milk, cream, and butter that wife Thelma made to the local town; any surplus cream was sold to the Butter Factory.
And is not an exaggeration to say he went to them all, showing the ANGUS Breed which in turn promoted the Angus breed to everyone. The Royal Show was a highlight: Hillside cattle were always top or close to the top, even in the Commercial Steer Classes.
The involvement Harry had within the management of the society was also huge both within the WA Committee and on the AUSTRALIAN Society. He loved being involved and his quiet but strong nature made him appreciated by all he came in contact Being probably the first Angus Stud in WA, there was with. nowhere to source genetics to help the stud to move There were numerous Field Days over many years at forward so Harry looked to the Eastern States for Hillside - Junior Farmers judging tuition and Angus stud bulls and heifers and purchased from various displays helping to promote the Angus Breed. On studs like Booroomooka, Wambanumba, Bald Blair one occasion, an on-farm Sale was held. and Kaluha. The progeny from the ANGUS Bull excited Harry to the extent he decided to move into breeding a pure Angus herd, hence the formation of HILLSIDE ANGUS STUD.
All these studs had an impact on the Hillside breeding program. Bald Blair Actor was a big bull for his time; his females were exceptional. Kaluha Triumph, purchased from the Sydney Royal for, at then, an AUSTRALIAN Record of 4200 Guineas.
The saying often quoted “Behind every successful man, there is a loving and supportive woman”, Thelma was exactly that - her involvement at Hillside should never be undervalued as the love and support that she gave Harry to follow their joint dreams was enormous.
Triumph was a bull that had an influence on the breed in WA. His first son was purchased by Athol Ipsen from Manjimup. Hillside bulls were very popular and finished up on farms all over the State. Harry had an influence on many people in introducing Angus into their properties. He was always keen to help and spread his knowledge; he loved nothing better than friendships with people like Peter and Lew Smit, Keith and Murray Davis, Jack and John Young, Graham Muir, the Ipsen Family, Lionel WA ANGUS CENTENARY 2019
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Kapari Angus, WA’s most northern Angus stud is run by the Sudlow family and was established by Ian and Kay in 1975. Kapari is now run by Tony and Liz with help from their four children, Georgia, Preston, Lachlan and Madison. Barry and Michelle Marshall joined the team in 2015, helping to manage the properties. Since its inception, Kapari has bred quality bulls with a focus on three fundamental selection pillars: temperament, structural soundness and constitution. When they were introduced, Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) added a scientific selection tool which over time, has become more accurate and has proved to be a valuable tool. Looking forward, Liz and Tony have also realised the need to embrace genomic technology to enhance seed stock production with even greater accuracies. The Northampton environment, which is often drier than other locations in WA, and the various mixed farming enterprises in operation at Kapari, to a large extent dictate the breeding principals. The Sudlows also produce prime lambs and merino wool as well as grow cereal crops. The northern Midwest climate traditionally has long, hot summers with temperatures regularly above 40C and short warm winters from
May until September, with an average rain- have thrived. fall of only about 300mm. This has proved Tony and Liz are also proud that in recent over time to be an ideal breeding ground years, they have been able to supply bulls for constitutionally strong cattle. to pastoral areas and see potential for AnAlthough the seemingly increasing dry sea- gus in the rangelands because of the insons can cause a lot of heartache, the posi- creased potential to broader markets. Totive of this is that the Kapari cow herd is ny and Liz believe Kapari cattle, because of continually being tested for constitution or their constitution, efficiency and easy doing “doing ability�. Any cows that are weak in ability, can do well in pastoral areas. this area are easily identified and culled. Breeding bulls are just one of the things Like most of their clients, the Sudlows run a that the Sudlows do on their farm, but the mixed farming operation where the cattle challenge of breeding a standout bull is cannot be pampered and have to compete what motivates Tony most in farming. Liz with the cropping and sheep enterprises. and Tony also find meeting the myriad of Over time these conditions have produced people involved in the beef industry stimucattle that are quiet, efficient and easy to lating and rewarding. It is the people that run. make Angus promotion and bull breeding The Sudlow family began selling bulls at so enjoyable. Beef Week in Claremont in the late 1970s, Like his father Ian, Tony has represented then later at Brunswick Junction. They the WA Angus Committee as the Chair and have been involved with the Gingin Bull he was honoured to be awarded the 2019 sale since its inception in 1989 and this is Strathtay Trophy for his services to the Anwhere bulls are sold at auction. They are gus breed. Liz is currently Vice Chair and all proud that because of a great deal of their their children have been involved in helping hard work, this multi-breed sale has grown out with the cattle operation. For the famito become one of the most successful in ly, Angus cattle have allowed them to farm a little differently to their farming neighthe state and services the Midlands region bours, few of whom have any animals. For of WA, an area of great potential in cattle Liz and Tony, one of the greatest farming production. As well, many Kapari bulls pleasures is seeing quality Angus animals have been purchased at Gingin and ended on green pastures. up in the south of the state, where they
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THE ANGUS BREED SOCIETY, HAS REACHED 100 YEARS OF PURE BRED REGISTRATIONS, LET’S POP THE WINE AND BEERS!
IT STARTED IN TASMANIA IN 1824, BLACK CATTLE CAME FROM SCOTLAND, AND LANDED ON THE SHORE. THEY SPREAD AROUND AUSTRALIA, THESE CATTLE POLLED AND BLACK, THERE HAD TO BE A STUD BOOK, SO THE BREEDING WE COULD TRACK.
THE ANGUS BREEDERS IN THE WEST, SAW CATTLE OF THE FUTURE, THEY NEEDED HARDY COWS TO BREED, HEIFERS THAT WOULD NURTURE. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN BREEDERS, HERE, ARE STUCK OUT IN THE WEST, SO VERY FAR FROM EVERYWHERE, BUT THINK OUR COWS ARE BEST!
THE ROYAL WAS A MEETING PLACE, OF BOVINES THAT ARE BLACK, COMPETITION ALWAYS FIERCE, BETWEEN CATTLE, GROOMS, AND TACK. THERE WAS GREAT ENTERTAINMENT, AS WE CELEBRATE THE WINNER. DRINKS ARE AT THE STOCKMAN’S BAR, AND AFTERWARDS THE DINNER. WA ANGUS CENTENARY 2019
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BEEF WEEK HELD IN AUTUMN, BEFORE WE HAD TO CROP, THE BULLS THEY LOOKED SO HANDSOME, AS INTO THE RING DID TROT KOJONUP HAD BULL TRIALS, KNUTSFORD WAS THE BASE, INTEREST WAS ALWAYS STRONG, ON WHERE THEY WOULD BE PLACED.
CRICKET HELD AT SERPENTINE, THE AGENTS HAD A TEAM ANGUS BREEDERS’ FAVOURITES, THEY FIELD A BAGGY GREEN. IN EARLY SPRING WE’D TAKE A WALK, TRAVELLING NEAR AND FAR TO VISIT ANGUS BREEDERS BY MOTOR COACH OR CAR WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH FUN, AT MEETINGS, TRIPS AND SHOWS, MADE SO MANY, MANY FRIENDS, WITH BREEDERS THAT WE KNOW.
LET’S WELCOME GUESTS FROM NEAR AND FAR, ESPECIALLY FROM THE EAST. ENJOY THE COMPANY AND THE CHAT, WHILE WE EAT THIS FEAST. TO CELEBRATE 100 YEARS, OF CATTLE POLLED AND BLACK
WE SHOULD BE DRINKING WHISKY, TOO MUCH, YOU’RE ON YOUR BACK!!
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LEW SMIT O.A.M. Lew started with Murray Grey cattle (the Koojan Hill Murray Grey Stud) with his parents, Peter and Anne Smit, in the early 1960’s at Serpentine.
Lew has also served on a range of industry bodies, became a very well respected and acknowledged first class judge with judging appointments at most Royal Shows in Australia, and in New Zealand and United Kingdom.
It wasn’t long after the Koojan Hills Angus Stud began as Lew was awarded his 50 year membership of the Angus Society of Australia in 2016. It is fair to say that Lew has never sought recognition for any of his many involvements – he did what he did In 1974, the operation moved south to Kojonup with because he enjoyed it and loves sharing that with othLew, his wife Rowan and their two sons, Peter and Adri- ers. The R W Vincent Award was given to Lew in 2006; an. Father Peter unfortunately died just before the the Strathtay trophy, an annual award for success in move, but Mum Anne came south with the young fami- promoting the Angus breed, was given to Lew in 1993, ly. Rowan was a lady of the land and possessed great to Koojan Hills in 2004 and to Lew in 2016. skills in the assessment of all sorts of livestock. A very hard worker, Rowan was an integral and vital part of In 2013, Lew received the Order of Australia Medal for the development and success of the stud and her loss in his service to the livestock industry and to the commu1997 was a huge setback at the time. nity of Kojonup. In 1978, at the Knutsford Complex, the inaugural Combined Stud Breeders Interbreed Sale of Angus and Murray Grey cattle, male and female from five vendors was held. Name changes of the sale happened but they continued with both breeds; the Koojan Hill Murray Grey stud was sold in 1994 with the focus now solely on Angus.
After much deliberation, Lew decided in 2015 that it was time to retire from stud cattle breeding. As a result, the stud name and the cattle of the Koojan Hills herd (minus the 2016 sale bulls) were sold and Lew’s final bull sale was held in February 2016.
However, while Lew is no longer an active participant in the Angus world, he retains a keen interest in what’s Angus bull sales continued to be an annual event for going on in the cattle world and what bulls are coming Lew at Knutsford, until 2012 when Lew changed to vid- through the system. The Metcalfe family at Manypeaks eo selling on-property until his 39th and final bull sale on continue the quality of the Koojan Hills Angus cattle. 22nd February 2016. Lew implemented this change as he believed it was more beneficial for the bulls and handlers and thinks that at some point in the future regulation will not allow people and bulls to be in close proximity. In the meantime, Lew’s contribution to the industry widened beyond the Kojonup based enterprise. Having been a member of the WA Angus State Committee since the mid-1980’s, Lew represented WA on what is now the Board of Angus Australia in 1987, became Vice President in 1989, President for three years to 1994, chaired the Technical/Breed Development Committee for three years, Treasurer 2005 to 2007 and continued on the Board until 2008.
He was awarded Honorary Life membership of the Society that year. (It’s also worth mentioning that Lew served the Murray Grey Society as a Board member from 1972 to 1988, including terms as Vice President, President and Treasurer and was awarded Honorary Life membership in 1987 – one of the very few industry people to have served so well on two breed societies.) WA ANGUS CENTENARY 2019
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NAHWEENAH ANGUS STUD Nahweenah Angus Stud commenced in 1962 with the I was one of the people who assisted with starting the purchase of five females and a bull from the late Bob Rus- Junior Parader competition for young people again at the sell from Bilbarin. Perth Royal Show. This was the beginning of 21 years of learning, enjoyment I have judged at the Brisbane Royal, where the late Premand a challenge with many ups and downs, but always ier, Joh Bjelke-Petersen came into the ring and loudly anwith the goal to breed the best Angus possible. nounced: “My God, it’s a woman!!” Yes, I came home with the famous Flo Pumpkin Scone recipe. As a young breeder, thanks to all the older breeders who so willingly gave sound advice to the younger person, es- I was the first woman to judge Murray Greys in the Southpecially remembering the late Harry Trefort from Narern Hemisphere at Adelaide, Sydney Royal three times, rogin, also Lou Sawyer always on hand to guide and adBeef Shorthorn, Exotic Breeds, Perth Show, and Tamvise. worth Show where it started snowing. Stewart Gordon came around with a bottle of Scotch, adding some to the My first show was 1964, with two animals at Perth Royal mugs of coffee at the tea break. where my heifer was awarded Junior Champion, then Reserve Champion Female. What a thrill. After marrying my husband Russell, we moved to Warren in NSW. Russell was a Hereford breeder; we soon had I had many champions over the years. Supreme Champiblack in the paddocks. on with Nahweenah Noelle for three years. I exhibited at many country shows. The highlight being the Angus Fea- I judged at many country shows in NSW, encouraged and ture Show, usually with a judge from the East. The feaassisted schools to exhibit at shows and learn to parade. ture shows were a great way to meet up with fellow May I congratulate the Angus Society on 100 years. breeders, and a great way to advertise your stock.
I had many Junior Champions, female and male, and win- Best wishes to all WA Breeders ning the Herdsman’s Trophy three times at the Perth Roy- Gail Holding al Show.
PONDEROSA Angus, Green Valley, is and the stud continued with an ema stud in Western Australia whose bryo program using the Merridale main focus is on running a small stud bloodlines over the next five years. with cattle of the highest stud quality. In the building stages of Ponderosa Ponderosa calved down a herd of 35 the stud also purchased heifers from specially selected Angus females in WA Angus studs Wilson Downs, 2019 and stud principal Greg Brown White Lakes and Strathtay Angus. is a big believer of heavy selection The top percentage of the Ponderosa pressure to maintain the best quality. females are AI’d to specially selected sires each year and of the drop of “We try and produce moderate calves Greg will sell up to five bulls at framed, deep bodied and wellthe local Landmark Blue Ribbon bull muscled cattle with excellent tempersale in January at which they are regament, milk and consistent in type,” ularly featured as the highest price he said. “I enjoy the challenge of trybull of the sale. ing to improve and breed a better animal, we enjoy showing cattle and Ponderosa have had great success in the camaraderie that comes with that the show ring since 2005 presenting as well as objectively looking at cattle cattle at the Albany Agricultural Sociand assessing their attributes.” ety stud cattle show, the Wagin Woolorama and Margaret River The Ponderosa stud was first formed Shows. In 2008 the stud won suin 2002 with the purchase of two empreme champion beef exhibit of the bryo’s from the Merridale Angus Albany Agricultural Show and again stud, Tennyson, Victoria. This was the in 2015. founding genetic base for Ponderosa WA ANGUS CENTENARY 2019
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JACK YOUNG John Young Snr, known as Jack to his friends, was a partner in the entity of J & J Young that operated the Strathtay Angus stud near Narrogin from 1972 until its dispersal in 2014 and 2015. The name came from the Scottish word Strath, meaning wide fertile valley, and Tay being the longest river in Britain, which ran not far from his original farm in Perthshire.
award every year. As well as awards at other country shows, Reserve Grand Champion was achieved at the National Angus Sale at Wodonga, NSW, as well as placegetters at that then prestigious event.
Jack enjoyed the social side of breeding Angus cattle, and was quite recognisable with a button hole carnation Jack emigrated from Scotland in 1966 with his wife, daughter Ellen and younger son John. Elder brother Wil- or rose, helped along by a shepherds crook walking stick. He served on the WA committee for several years, liam and wife Ethel had come to Australia earlier. and served as chairman for a term. The cow herd was established in 1966 at Bindoon, under An important legacy would be the establishment of the the prefix Bindoon, with two cows bought from the Strathtay Trophy, which is awarded by the WA Angus Hillside herd of Harry Trefort. The relevance of the name therefore was lost in the transfer of farms to Nar- Chairman of the day, “To and individual or group, in success in promoting the Angus breed, by means of Showrogin. ing, carcase competition, sale of commercial or stud An enthusiast of the show ring, albeit not having to do stock, or by setting a high standard in their chosen field all the work associated with such, as he was occupied and thereby earning the respect of their contemporarcaring and looking after his invalid wife, Jessie. His pop- ies.� ularity in the show lanes is remembered for his skill in Perhaps a thread of his enthusiasm is being continued baking Rock Cakes. Showing at the Perth Royal over a by his great granddaughters, Denby and Jorja, with their seven year period resulted in Junior Female Champion Islay Angus, which will produce ten calves this year. six of these seven years, and most successful exhibitor
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WHITE LAKES ANGUS STUD I became exceedingly interested in genetics while studying at tertiary level. Knowing this, my husband purchased for me the eight “The Grange� angus breeders from a great friend who was retiring. I knew nought about cattle so joined the Society and dived in head first. Read a lot, showed my first born heifer at the 1964 Perth Royal and met a wonderful group of people breeding Angus.
Harry Trefort took me and others under his wing. I consider Harry the father of the W.A. Angus Society. Tom Wilding taught me much about structure. I became involved in the State Committee, even Chaired it and went on to represent the state at Federal level.
cially to suitable and available worldwide sires. Over the years, White Lakes trialled many breeds, with Limousin the only other breed winning our tick of approval. They too had a couple of problems, so we polled them and we bred them to be more fertile more like Angus. Because of our Angus involvement, we achieved great success with Limousin which led to Life Membership.
In 2007, the sale of our Toodyay Property helped us to decide on semi-retirement. So, both our studs were dispersed and White Lakes now operates at Narrikup, producing commercial beef and sheep meat. I, Patricia Williams, am now completely retired, with my son and daughter in-law, Paul and Michelle Williams working the farm.
Then fantastic technical times arrived. Breedplan made possible the premium use of Artificial Insemination and Embryo Transfer. White Lakes embraced all Guess what cattle they breed - Angus x Limousin. these technicalities with all females being bred artifi-
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KOOJAN HILLS ANGUS STUD Koojan Hills Angus Stud was founded in 1963 by Peter and Anne Smit and their son Lew at the family’s farm near Serpentine, south of Perth, Western Australia. The initial females in the herd were purchased from the Gillimanning dispersal sale and were accompanied by a bull from Leyfields in Wickepin, Western Australia. This large framed bull, Leyfields Edgar, was a sire ahead of his time and was the foundation of the highly renowned Edwina female line. The next acquisition of note was that of Banner of 54 of Matauri, purchased in 1974 from New Zealand breeder Bruce Maxwell. This sire gave the herd a great lift and brought the stud into prominence.
that successful cattle breeding requires a primary emphasis on breeding structurally sound cattle of the required type and temperament. In an effort to compliment these objectives with a scientific approach, Koojan Hills has embraced performance recording through the use of Breedplan technology since 1986. Furthermore, major genetic influences on the herd has occurred through the introduction of North American blood. Bulls such as Scotch Cap, VPI Lord Patriot, 036, Future Direction and Te Mania Unlimited were used very successfully in the early 2000’s and since then Koojan Hills has continued to source new international sires to be included in our AI programs. This process of balanced breeding, a combination of a scientific and traditional focus, as well as targeting specific genetics from all over the world has help shape the stud into what it is today.
In 1974 the Smits and Koojan Hills Angus moved to Kojonup, Western Australia and in 1978 began selling cattle at the inaugural Combined Stud Breeders Interbreed Sale at Knutsford Complex in Kojonup. Koojan Hills sold seven Angus bulls at that sale. In 2015 Lew decided that it was time to retire from stud cattle breeding. As a result, the stud name and the cattle of Angus bull sales continued to be an annual event for the Koojan Hills herd were sold to Richard and Christine Koojan Hills at Knutsford until 2012 when 41 bulls were Metcalfe of Manypeaks late that year; their sons Tim and sold on-property in Kojonup. In recent years, the Koojan Chris will be instrumental in the successful continuation of Hills auction average at its annual sale has always been at the Koojan Hills Angus Stud. or near the top of Australian averages for the breed and in 2016 it achieved its record sale average of $10,788. From - Chris Metcalfe It has always been the breeding philosophy at Koojan Hills
THE QUANDEN ANGUS STUD WAS FOUNDED IN 2012 AT REDMOND WA WITH A NAME CHANGE IN 2018 TO QUANDEN SPRINGS ANGUS STUD. Foundation Stud females were purchased from Monterey, Strathtay, Diamond Tree and Esslemont Studs over a five year period. AI Programs have been conducted over the past five years using a mix of USA and Australian sires. Back up bulls have been from Coonamble, Koojan Hills, Esslemont and Quanden Studs. Our aim is to produce quiet, quality bulls with a focus on both structure and EBVs. It is important to have fertile, easy birthing cows producing calves with good growth. We also focus on feet structure as Quanden Springs has soft soils. Our Inaugural Bull Sale was held on the first Monday in February 2019. Attendees were interested to see the new Stud's bulls and to see the Helmsman Auction System in action. Eleven bulls found new homes along the South Coast of Western Australia between Manypeaks and Pemberton. Top priced bull at $8,500.00, was Quanden Nifty N14, sold to Don and Rose Brooks, Harbour Downs Pastoral Co, Denmark. WQCN14 has a quiet nature and excellent growth figures and looked nice and relaxed on the day. The Inaugural Sale average came out at $6254 with 4 bulls selling over $8,000.
QUANDEN SPRINGS 2020 BULL SALE IS TO BE HELD ON FARM, THE FIRST MONDAY IN FEBRUARY - 3RD FEB, 2020! Sale Details will be advertised on website quandensprings.com.au WA ANGUS CENTENARY 2019
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ESSLEMONT ANGUS STUD In 2005 after nearly 40 years in the artificial breeding industry, plementary feeding and with minimal marketing, relying inLindsay and Allison Wolrige turned their attentions to building stead on word-of-mouth and repeat customers. the Esslemont Angus Stud on their small farm in Busselton. In the past 5 years some of Esslemont’s best credentialed aniHaving observed the pros and cons of different approaches to mals have been purchased by renowned Eastern States studs, stud herd development they chose to breed Angus because of including bulls such as Esslemont Lotto L3 who has been in their high productivity and ease of management. From the semen production, successfully supplying both the Australian outset the Wolriges decided to breed entirely based on objec- and International markets. tive measurement. The Wolriges have enjoyed very much their association with The Esslemont stud was fortunate to have been able to source the Angus breed through their participation with Angus Aus5 quality Blackrock heifers for the foundation of their herd, tralia at both a State and National level. Lindsay was President Blackrock having participating in the national beef recording of the WA Branch for two terms and was a Director of Angus scheme from its inception. Australia for eight years and Chaired the National Breed Development Committee. Having only 40 hectares of land meant that every mating was strategically important to fulfil the philosophy of selection, Recently Esslemont have put considerable resources into paswith heavy emphasis on the traits which constitute high index- ture development in order to further increase the stocking es. While importance was placed on moderate birth-weight, rate on their small farm. They plan to continue developing high growth rate and IMF, consideration was also given to their cattle on the same scientific basis which has resulted in producing animals with well-balanced figures across the their stud being one of the top-indexed herds in Australia. board. Docility has been taken into account, especially when The greatest satisfaction has been in the positive feedback using imported sires. from those who have purchased their high indexing sires and Lindsay and Allison are proud to consistently sell animals in the Western Australian market without recourse to high sup-
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BLACKROCK ANGUS STUD In the beginning... “The Blackrock Angus Stud of Don and Felicity MacLeay will, in time, provide WA cattle breeders with quality stock backed by performance tested results.” (Wesfarmers News 11 September 1969.)
without the data to back it up. Tight calving generates fertility A tight calving spread means any female that can’t conceive in a commercial timeframe is culled.
In 1969, 20 Angus females and one bull started their journey from Victoria to WA to commence the Blackrock Angus herd in Busselton. This move, by Don and Felicity, evolved out of a genuine desire to breed cattle better suited to the current market requirements of the day. Their experience with bulls was that progeny were too variable and lacking in performance. Their goal was to rank bulls based on the performance of progeny through herd recording and progeny testing.
How to improve fertility To improve cows and heifers weaning rate they need to conceive in a timely manner. The recently completed Maternal Productivity Project in WA published the two significant factors that affect conception in heifers. Their conclusions were: • Weight followed by fat has the greatest influence on whether or not heifers conceive. • Heifers selected for high rib fat EBVs (early maturing) have Performance breeding was in its infancy and Blackrock was the significantly better pregnancy rates under either six or nine first herd in South West WA to be enrolled on the National week joining periods. Beef Recording Scheme, the forerunner of Breedplan, the gold • Fat should be considered as part of a balanced breeding prostandard in performance recording. It has grown to become gram (no need to select for extreme high fat). widely accepted throughout the country and in many countries around the world. Fat is important in breeding programs and this year’s Blackrock Angus sale bulls have EBV fat levels that are above Blackrock continues to breed bulls focusing on the key profit average for the breed. The way to increase fat in your herd is drivers of their commercial clients. These drivers are fertility, to select bulls with a positive fat EBV - not by selecting a bull growth and carcase combined with a moderate birth weight that is fat! and good temperament. For the first ten years the herd grew from the initial 20 heifers to around 80hd by 1979. The next Once pregnant, heifers have to produce a live calf. As calf size ten years was a consolidation period before the decision was is the biggest single contributor to calving difficulty, Blackrock made to expand the Stud in the 1990’s by selling the commer- focuses on breeding bulls that are moderate in birth weight, cial herd. with the 2018 sale team EBV average at 4.9 against a breed average of 4.4. Moderate birth weight can still generate good During period 2000 to 2009 the herd remained stable before growth with this year’s team being in the top 25% of the breed expanding again in the last ten years facilitated by the purfor all growth traits. chase of additional land close to the main operation in Busselton. This measured expansion of the herd has allowed rigorTo cap off a solid sale team the average EBV docility score is in ous selection pressure to be applied for generations. the top 25% of the breed. Docility is a free trait. CSIRO research tells us that “weak but favourable genetic correlations Customised breeding between docility score and the production traits indicates that Now with over 330 matrons there are good numbers to select docility score is largely independent of these traits and that from without losing track of individuals. Importantly it allows selection to improve temperament can occur without having us to individually craft our bulls by selecting the optimum an adverse effect on growth, fat, muscle and reproduction.” mating for each female. Attention to detail - Docility Performance recording remains at the heart of the Blackrock herd. While records have long been taken on fertility, growth and carcase traits, today docility scores are also taken on all progeny. Breeders have continually identified docility as the trait at the very top of their selection criteria. It has been shown to relate well to animal performance under feedlot conditions as well as the obvious benefits in handling and general herd management. Blackrock has been submitting temperament scores on all progeny since 2011 and first published data in our 2014 sale catalogue. Now, almost 2000 temperament scores later, by applying selection pressure the herd has produced a 2019 sale team in the top 25% of the breed. Relatively speaking the Docility EBV is a newcomer, and like all EBV’s it is the science that enables us to make genetic progress in this critical area. With this important information now available the industry should no longer make ambit claims WA ANGUS CENTENARY 2019
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KESTON VALE ANGUS STUD In 1974, a stock agent called at Keston Vale farm, Kojonup and said “we had the biggest mongrel mob of cattle he had ever seen”. This worried me, so we decided to do something about it.
We gradually built up a herd of pure Angus cattle; today, Ross runs 600 females in age groups as they do much better that way. They are moved around Glenoaklands as feed dictates. The reason we run them in age group: cattle of the same age have their mates and stick Ross, our elder son, was working at Hazeldean, Cooma, NSW. He said together in the paddock and are happy! the cattle were outstanding and we should come over and buy some at their annual sale. So Diana and I flew over to Cooma to have a For some time, we were in ‘Breedplan’ but after some years, we look. could see no benefit at all from it. The best gain you can have is using your own ‘within herd’ figures. From that you know the cattle with I had previously been on a cattle tour (including a visit to Hazeldean) the best weight gain – that’s what you make your money from. with Walter Mayne, the then President of the Angus Society of Australia and I thought Hazeldean were the best we saw. Diana is an outstanding stock person and has the ability to select and judge cattle. Many buyers at sales use Diana’s judgement to purWe went to the sale at Cooma and bought the top pen of 25 ninechase bulls, etcetera. Diana does not use Breedplan at all. We feel year old cows. They were not registered but were from their elite the days of good stock persons are disappearing – it’s all figures today herd. Hazeldean at that point had about 100 stud cows and 3,000 and not good enough. But things change. If you look at the cattle commercials so the standard of those commercials was much higher herds today, the best are from the best stock person, not EBVs. than the stud cows. Ross has inherited Diana’s skills and his Angus cattle are considered Cattle prices were very low in 1974 – we only paid $250/head for some of the best around. He sells bulls every year to repeat buyers. them – a real bargain. We also bought two bulls. We purchased a Surplus heifers and steers also go to the same buyers every year. All stud bull from Mordallup stud at Manjimup – he was a son of other sale cattle go direct to Harvey Beef, not to the yards. “Mordallup King”, one of the most used sires in Australia and overseas at that time. When visiting a stud in Scotland some years later, The future for cattle looks sound, and if you have the good quality, they had progeny from “King”. you will be rewarded. When the drought breaks in the Eastern States, the demand for females will be extreme. Following on from this, we bought bulls from The Basin, Moyle’s stud in South Australia. We also bought about 30 CFA stud cows from The Michael Fryer-Smith, P O Box 529, Mt Barker WA; Phone - 0429 175 257 Basin. The Basin cattle were considered so good that buyers would buy them ‘sight unseen’.
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COOARA ANGUS STUD Cooara Angus has been a member of Angus Australia for the past sixty years. Even before 1959 when my parents Alec and Myra Campbell first joined the Society, Grandfather W.J. Campbell farming at Yandanooka purchased Aberdeen Angus bulls from the Rosebank Stud, South Australia, as mentioned in an Elders Weekly article dated 14th October 1937. The foundation of the Cooara Angus herd at present, was the effort of my father with his keen eye for quality to form a nucleus commercial herd of Angus cows in the early 1950’s. He would support the Annual Beef Week Sale in May at the Claremont Showgrounds and buy the best bulls on offer from the states leading Angus studs.
All genetics are brought in by artificial insemination sourced from leading Australian and International sires. Balanced breeding is our goal, combining structural soundness and carcase traits with the help of Breedplan delivering cattle that the market wants. Calves off their mothers and weaners on feed usually go to Woolworths and Harvey Beef. Breeding heifers and surplus bulls are sold on farm. Bruce Campbell ‘Cooara’
My parents were encouraged to show their cattle and carcase competitions were the obvious choice. Since 1959 to the present day Cooara Angus have supported most Perth Royal and Harvey Agricultural Society Shows entering in the Hoof and Hook competitions, winning major awards on a regular basis. In the early 1970’s, I (Bruce) was having more of an input into the management of the cattle herd. Cross breeding the Angus cows with Charolais and later capitalising on AI techniques to reach out further afield for improved genetics. 1989 Cooara Angus heifers won the United Breeders Association R & I Beef Breeder of the Year Award.
Alec and Myra Campbell with their Angus entry wining the highest scoring carcase, Perth Royal Show 1965.
1998 base cows were selected from the Cooara commercial herd to form the foundation of the Cooara APR herd. It was a great honour to be asked to supply the heifers for the inaugural Farm Weekly ‘WA Angus Breeders Win 10 Angus Heifers’ competition back in 2007/2008. For the past 12 consecutive years, prominent commercial Angus breeders have supplied heifers for the competition which has been an immense success and putting the WA Angus Breeders Promotion to the forefront. In 2015 success came at a new level of achievement when competing in the ANZ National Beef Carcase Competition. Cooara Angus cross steers achieved the Champion Pen award and Reserve Champion Pen award over all plus Reserve Champion carcase. In 2018 Cooara did one better with ANZ National Beef Carcase Competition. Our Angus cross steers gaining Champion Pen award overall including Champion Carcase. Cooara purebred Angus steers closely followed with Reserve Champion Pen award overall including Reserve Champion Carcase which was only 0.19 points away from the Champion. There were 1092 carcases entered in last year’s national competition from six states of Australia which is held every three years. For the past ten years, Cooara Angus has been a closed herd. WA ANGUS CENTENARY 2019
The Premier, Sir David Brand, congratulates Bruce Campbell who won Champion Carcase at the Perth Royal Show 1972.
Cooara Angus cross winning the 2015 Perth Royal Show Supreme Champion Steer on the Hoof.
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The Knutsford Complex and Grass Fed Bull Trials! The Knutsford Complex was built in 1974 by the Walsh family to host their own Devon stud sale - pens, ring and tiered seating. Pat Walsh was very fussy about truck cleanliness because of the prevalence of vibrio at the time. Any truck coming on to the property had to be washed before entering.
ments, as well as ensuring that all bulls in the sale at the end of the trial were sound. Participation in the sale was not compulsory, though most breeders did. Latterly (from 1989), winners in two different categories were calculated for the test period – Top Weight Gain on Test and the Top Adjusted Weight Gain on Test.
The Knutsford Devon stud was dispersed in 1978 and Pat developed a new business, hosting not only many bull sales for different breeds from many parts of the State, but also the Knutsford Grass Fed Bull trials which were held there from 1978 to 1997.
While it was perhaps an imperfect system, it was the best available at the time – this was in pre-Breedplan days. Bringing bulls from so many different areas – north, south, east and west to Kojonup meant that many were in a totally different environment which was why the trial gave them that first six months to settle in John McKay (of Wilson Downs fame) was Chairman of before any measurements were recorded. the WA Angus Committee and after receiving some comments from Don MacLeay (of Blackrock Angus), he One year, speaker Simon Gubbins from Victoria said he asked Pat about starting a grass fed bull trial at always bought bulls from a bull trial sale as breeders Knutsford. John knew Pat well, as Pat helped prepare always entered their best bulls. Most of the weaners John’s cattle for shows. The idea was to bring in would have been 350 – 400kgs with some lighter ones weaned bull calves in November and hold a bull sale 12 at the lower end of the age groups, but by the end of months later (as the next trial began). the trial, those wee ones had caught up. Help in setting up the guidelines for the trial came from various sources, including Mick Carrick from the WA Department of Agriculture and Mr Keith Hammond, a geneticist from ABRI at UNE in Armidale.
Sale day each November, when the winners were announced and bulls sold was a highlight of the year for beef breeders over the twenty years the Trials ran at Knutsford. There was always a guest speaker of note (years when known) who also attracted a crowd; Dick Whale (1989), Bruce Urquhart (1990), Sandy Yeates (1991), Bob Gahan (1992), Don Nicol (1993), Bernie Bindon (1994), Ben Ball (1995), Rex Butterfield, Andrew Gubbins, Dr Leanne Pierre-Humbert (1997) are some that are remembered.
Selling bulls at that time of year would be different so a bull sale was held of rising 18th month old bulls before the trial started to see if there would be support. That was a moderate success, so the bull trials began. In the 1989/1990 trial year, there were ten different breeds participating: Angus, Charolais, Devon, Lincoln Red, Limousin, Maine Anjou, Murray Grey, Shorthorn, South The trial moved to the Narrogin Agricultural College Devon and Sussex. Angus were always the most nu- after the 1997 trial was concluded as things were merous cohort and had their own paddock group; some changing at Knutsford. of the breeds with lower numbers shared a paddock. For the year, the calves were fed only on grass, either green in the paddock or as hay (made to a high quality by Pat and his team). No supplements whatsoever were used. After a six month settling in period, the bulls were then weighed on a regular basis for the test period from June to November and those measurements noted. Committee members and representatives from each breed helped with the weighing’s and other measureWA ANGUS CENTENARY 2019
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A SHOW FLASHBACK - HOW TRADITIONS CAN BE MADE AND STILL CARRY SO MUCH MEANING! At the Perth Royal Show in 1979 to celebrate the sesquicentenary of Western Australia, each Angus exhibitor was given a small statue of a bull. The one in the picture is owned by the Cornell Family from NSW. The Supreme Angus Exhibit was a bull named Forres Taurus owned by the Cornell Family. David and Kath were there with their two sons Bill and Andrew.
by the Cornell family at the Suzuki Beef Classic in 1979 and brought from NSW to compete in Perth. - Thanks to Bill Cornell for sending this photo through and sharing his family's story and their connection to Angus in WA.
The sculptor of the little bulls, Robert Hitchcock was present, and David commissioned him to do a statue of his Supreme bull and that’s the large bull statue in the photo. Forres Taurus, bred by the Raff family, had won at the Melbourne Royal in 1978, was purchased
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SOME EXTRA ANGUS INFORMATION Strathtay Trophy Recipients YEAR NAME
Aberdeen Angus Herd Book Society WA Members 1922 - 1944 From the Herd Books Vol 1 - Vol 10 of the Aberdeen-Angus Herd Book Society of Australia Published (Australia members; WA members) 1922 (14;1), 1925(13;1), 1927 (17;1), 1931 27;0), 1934 49;2), 1936 67;2), 1938 (79;3), 1940 (90;8), 1942 (109;18), 1944 (114;18)
Years mentioned in Herd Books
Members of the Society Members from WA Val R Abbott, 42 St George's Terrace, Perth AE Arney & Sons, Waraba, Waroona
1942 - 1944 1934 - 1942
J H Behn, Highland Valley, Roelands H H Chappell, Winchester J C Dempster & sons, Grass Valley S A Doman, Oakford, Waroona A W Edgar & Co, Strathalbyn, Gin Gin (sic) Adam Elder, Teviotdale, Moulyinning Mrs M R Hammersley, Haseley, Toodyay
1942 1944 1942 1944 1942 - 1944 1922 - 1927 1942
W J A Higham, Oldfold, Williams
1942 - 1944
Ipsen Bros, Manjimup E H Lee Steere, Hawthornden, Toodyay E Loynel, Byrine, Bowelling Geo W Maddison, Ohau, Coolup LG Michael, Glenarbor, Round Hill, via Moora C D McCombe, Western Carew, Corrigin McNeill Bros, Hamel, Waroona Miss M E Neate, Alloway, Mardella Paterson Bros, Creaton, Pinjarra L G Payne, Sunnydale, Lower Chittering S B Ruddock, Koobabbie, Coorow W J Russell, Wanderin, Bilbarin C & M Smith, Ferndale, Beverley J F Thorn, Ranchita, Millendon G Egerton Warburton, St Werberghs, Mt Barker G L Weaver, Mt Amy, Beverley
1944 1940 - 1944 1940 - 1944 1942 - 1944 1940 - 1944 1942 - 1944 1940, 1044 1938 1940 1940 - 1944 1934 - 1944 1942 - 1944 1942 - 1944 1944 1942 1942 - 1944
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Coonamble Wilson Downs Dalmeny Downs Mordallup DH Dewar Blackrock Black Velvet Pam McGregor Blue Ribbon Lew Smit John Young J & D Fox Don MacLeay Jim McGregor David McDonald Roe Family Topham Family Philip Petricevich Golding Family Koojan Hills Harvey Agricultural College Alcoa Farmlands Mordallup Angus Pat Williams Pam McGregor Bruce Campbell Greg Petricevich Colin Thexton IRA Don MacLeay John Young/Strathtay Murray Davis Lew Smit Farm Weekly Wes and Fran Graham Tony Sudlow
WA State Chairmen
1987
Mr Jack Young
2005, 2006
Mr Tony Golding
Year Elected and name
1988
Mr Ken Payne
2007, 2008
Mr Ken MacLeay
1965
1989, 1990
Mr Jim McGregor
2009, 2010
Mr Lindsay Wolrige
1966 to 1970 Mr Ken Gray
1991, 1992
Mr Grant Brooks
2011, 2012
Mr Michael Coffey
1971 to 1976 Mr Lionel Moore
1993, 1994
Mr Ian Sudlow
2013 to 2015 Mr Andrew Kuss
1977, 1978
Mr John McKay
1995, 1996
Mrs Pam McGregor
2016, 2017
Mr Tony Sudlow
1979, 1980
Mrs Patricia Williams
1997, 1998
Mr David Roe
2018, 2019
Mr Mark Hattingh
1981, 1982
Mr David S Thompson
1999, 2000
Mr Philip Petricevich
1983, 1984
Mr Michael Hector
2001, 2002
Mr Bruce Campbell
1985, 1986
Mr John Young
2003, 2004
Mr Greg Petricevich
Mr Harry Trefort
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Service from Western Australia at Federal Level 1936 to 2019
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
1981 1982 1983 1984
Aberdeen Angus Herd Book Society Vice Presidents A E (Rod) Arney from 1936 to 1940 S B Ruddock from 1942 to 1944 W J Russell from 1944 to 1950 R B Williamson from 1950 to 1956 H A Trefort from 1957 to 1959 Angus Society Federal Councillors from WA J Gibb, Geo W Maddison, H A Trefort J Gibb, Geo W Maddison, H A Trefort J Gibb, Geo W Maddison, H A Trefort J Gibb, Geo W Maddison, H A Trefort J Gibb, Geo W Maddison, H A Trefort J Gibb, Geo W Maddison, H A Trefort GH Bacon, K V Gray, H A Trefort G H Bacon, K V Gray, GH Bacon to August 1968), K V Gray, H A Trefort, M Nixon (from August 1968) K V Gray, L H Moore, M Nixon K V Gray, L H Moore, M Nixon K V Gray, L H Moore, M Nixon K V Gray, L H Moore, A K Stirling K V Gray, L H Moore, A K Stirling K V Gray, L H Moore, A K Stirling E W Holding, L H Moore, A K Stirling E W Holding, L H Moore, A K Stirling E W Holding, J G McKay, L H Moore John McKay, Lionel Moore, David S Thompson Lionel Moore, David S Thompson Patricia Williams, John G McKay, David S Thompson David S Thompson, John Young plus one David S Thompson, Mrs Kath Barham, Michael H Hector Michael Hector, John Young, plus one Michael Hector, John G McKay, David S Thompson
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1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
John Young, John McKay, Michael Hector John Young, Michael Hector, D W Thompson David W Thompson, Jack Young, John Young Lew Smit, Ken Payne, John Young Lew Smit, Jim McGregor, Ken Payne Lew Smit, Jim McGregor, Ken Payne Lew Smit Society President), Jim McGregor, Grant Brooks 1992 Lew Smit Society President), Jim McGregor, Grant Brooks 1993 Lew Smit Society President), Jim McGregor, Ian Sudlow 1994 Lew Smit, Jim McGregor, Ian Sudlow 1995 Lew Smit, Jim McGregor, Ian Sudlow 1996 Lew Smit, Jim McGregor, Ian Sudlow 1997 Lew Smit, Pam McGregor, 1998 Lew Smit, Pam McGregor, John Young 1999 Lew Smit, Pam McGregor, John Young 2000 Lew Smit, John Young, Ian Sudlow 2001 Lew Smit, John Young, Ian Sudlow 2002 Lew Smit, John Young, Ian Sudlow 2003 Lew Smit, John Young, Ian Sudlow 2004 Lew Smit, John Young, Ian Sudlow 2005 Lew Smit, John Young, Ian Sudlow 2006 Lew Smit, John Young, Ian Sudlow 2007 John Young (Society President), Lew Smit, Tony Golding 2008 John Young (Society President), Lew Smit, Tony Golding 2009 John Young, Tony Golding 2010 John Young and Tony Golding 2011 John Young and Tony Golding 2012 Tony Golding and Lindsay Wolrige 2013 Tony Golding and Lindsay Wolrige 2014 Tony Golding and Lindsay Wolrige 2015 Tony Golding and Lindsay Wolrige 2016 Tony Golding and Lindsay Wolrige 2017 Tony Golding and Lindsay Wolrige 2018 Andrew Kuss 2019 Andrew Kuss It is believed that this record is correct.
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