Australia

Breeding and Showing in Australia

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These pages are included in the Nile Abyssinians site to provide general Australian information for overseas but also Australian visitors. We begin with our complex situation regarding governing/registering bodies, of which there are many. Just remember that Australia is a relatively recent (about 100 years) federation of states, and believes in competition, and you can guess what comes next!

Our governing bodies are state-based; each of the six states has at least two competing bodies, and each of the two territories has one. As a general rule, they recognize each other's titles and registrations, with the limitation that if certain breeds, colours or varieties are not accepted by a given association, then they cannot be re-registered with it. For instance, a sex-linked Abyssinian from (say) CAV in Victoria is not registrable under (say) CCI in the Australian Capital Territory.

There are two "umbrella" co-ordinating bodies, and each of the individual governing bodies is affiliated with one, but only one, of these. Such fraternal governing bodies often recognize even each other's Challenges, these being adult open class win certificates which are prerequisites for Champion and higher awards. Here now is a picture.

Three of the states also have Aby/Somali breed clubs.

Importing cats to Australia can be quite complex, though we can now import from most countries with just 30 days' quarantine, provided that the right procedures and preparations were undertaken. The requirements vary by country of origin, and can all be obtained from AQIS (Australian Quarantine Inspection Service), which is located within DAFF (the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry). The animal import Web site is at http://www.affa.gov.au/content/output.cfm?ObjectID=D2C48F86-BA1A-11A1-A2200060A1B01896, and it is a good, interactive site with a search capability and very detailed information.

Australian Feline Co-ordinating Bodies

Australian Cat Federation (ACF)

Web site http://www.acf.asn.au/

Australian Cat Federation (Inc.)
Post Office Box 3305, Port Adelaide SA 5015
Phone: 08 8449 5880, Fax: 08 8242 2767; e-mail sec@acf.asn.au

Co-ordinating Cat Council of Australia (CCCA)

Mrs Shirley Sargent

PO Box 347, Macedon VIC 3440

Phone: +61 3 54261758, e-mail secretary@cccofa.asn.au

Web site http://www.hotkey.net.au/~ccca/

Australian State Governing/Registering Councils

For each state and territory, the abbreviation is given in brackets and the population in millions is shown in square brackets and italics. For each council, the co-ordinating body affiliation is given in square brackets. International telephone and fax numbers are given; overseas callers should replace the "+" by their international access digits (e.g., 011 in the US); Australian callers should replace the "+61" by 0.

Australian Capital Territory (ACT) [0.3 M]

CCI (Capital Cats Inc.) [CCCA]

Ms Denise White, Secretary

P.O. Box 826, Jamison ACT 2614

e-mail secretary@cci.asn.au

Web site

New South Wales (NSW) [6.1 M]

NSW CFA (NSW Cat Fanciers Association, Inc.) [CCCA]

Cat Breed Administrator

P.O. Box 379, St Marys NSW 1790

Tel: +61 2 9834 6577; e-mail admin@nswcfa.asn.au

Web site http://www.nswcfa.asn.au/

Northern Territory (NT) [0.2 M]

CANT (Cat Association of the Northern Territory )
PO Box 3870, Darwin, NT 0801

Tel: +61 8 8947 6976, Fax 08 8999 5711; e-mail BLAUMEISE@bigpond.com
Web site http://www.clevelandcattery.com/CANT/

Queensland (QLD) [3.2 M]

FCCQ (Feline Control Council of Queensland) [CCCA]

Mr Adam Woodward, Hon. Secretary
PO Box 211, Wilston, Qld. 4051
Tel: +61 7 3857 2743, e-mail chattan@bigpond.net.au
Web site http://www.fccq-inc.com/

QFA (Queensland Feline Association Inc.) [ACF]

Mrs Judy Lewis, Acting Secretary

PO Box 5325, Q Supercentre. Gold Coast. Qld 4218

Tel: +61 433 951 013; e-mail qfasec@bigpond.com

Web site http://www.qfeline.com/

QICC (Queensland Independent Cat Council Inc.) [ACF]

Ms Valerie Cashman, Secretary

18 Natan Road, Mudgeeraba QLD 4213

Tel: +61 7 5530 2287 e-mail burmese@austarnet.com.au

Web site http://www.qicc.org.au/

South Australia (SA) [1.5 M]

GCSA (The Governing Council of the Cat Fancy of South Australia) [ACF]