List of hound packs of Australia
This is a list of hound packs in Australia. The hounds are divided by breed with Foxhounds further divided by state. The primary quarry species chased is the fox which was introduced to Australia possibly as early as 1833 for hunting purposes.
Foxhound packs
See also: Fox hunting
New South Wales
South Australia
- Adelaide Hunt Club[1]
Tasmania
There are no foxes in Tasmania, drag hunting is practiced instead.
Victoria
- Barwon Hunt[1][2]
- Boggy Creek Hunt Club[1]
- Casterton-Coleraine Hunt Club[1]
- Ellerslie Camperdown Hunt[1]
- Hume Hunt[1]
- Mansfield Hunt Club[1]
- Melbourne Hunt[1][2]
- Murray Valley Hunt Club (The Black and Tans)[1] – Kerry Beagles[3]
- Oaklands Hunt Club[1]
- Seven Creeks Hunt [1]
- Tocumwal Hunt Club[1]
- Yarra Glen & Lilydale Hunt Club[1]
Western Australia
- Brook Hunt[1]
Harrier packs
See also: Beagling § Hunting with Harriers
- Findon Harriers Hunt Club[4] – Victoria
See also
- List of hound packs of New Zealand
- List of foxhound packs of the United Kingdom
- List of beagle, harrier and basset packs of the United Kingdom
- List of hound packs of Ireland
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Foxhounds in Australia", Baily's hunting directory, retrieved 21st December 2015.
- 1 2 "Foxhounds in Australia", Liam's hunting directory, retrieved 21st December 2015.
- ↑ "The origin of our hounds", Black and Tan Foxhounds, retrieved 22nd December 2015.
- ↑ "Harriers in Australia", Baily's hunting directory, retrieved 21st December 2015.
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