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.

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.

Two 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 the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources. Information on cat importation can be found at  http://www.agriculture.gov.au/cats-dogs

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Australian Feline Co-ordinating Bodies

 

Australian Cat Federation (ACF)  

Web site http://www.acf.asn.au/
Phone: 0429 422 131; e-mail secretary@acf.asn.au

 

Co-ordinating Cat Council of Australia (CCCA) 

e-mail secretary@cccofa.com.au

Web site http://cccofa.com.au/

Australian National Cats (ANCATS) 

Web site http://www.ancats.com.au

Australian State Governing/Registering Councils

For each council, the co-ordinating body affiliation is given in square brackets. International telephone 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)

CCI (Capital Cats Inc.) [CCCA]

Secretary

Tel. (none given); e-mail denisewhite6@bigpond.com

Web site https://capitalcats.weebly.com

 

New South Wales (NSW)
 

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

P.O. Box 379, St Marys NSW 1790

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

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

 

Cats NSW [ACF]

e-mail secretary@catsnsw.com.au

Web site http://catsnsw.com.au/

 

Northern Territory (NT)

CANT (Cat Association of the Northern Territory ) [ACF]

e-mail cantsecretary@gmail.com
Web site http://www.cant.asn.au

 

Queensland (QLD)

 

Cats Queensland Inc. [CCCA]
e-mail catsqueensland@gmail.com
Web site http://www.catsqld.org.au/

 

QFA (Queensland Feline Association Inc.) [ACF]


e-mail secretary@qfeline.com

Web site http://www.qfeline.com/
 

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

e-mail secretary@qicc.org.au

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

 

FCCQ (Feline Control Council of Queensland, Inc.) [ACF]

P.O.Box 2128, Toowoomba QLD 4350
e-mail secretaryfccqinc@gmail.com

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

 

South Australia (SA)

 

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

e-mail secretarycfsa@outlook.com

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

 

FASA (Feline Association of South Australia) [CCCA]

e-mail caldwell48@gmail.com

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

 

Tasmania (TAS)

 

CAT (The Cat Association of Tasmania) [ACF]

e-mail secretary@catinc.asn.au
Web site http://www.catinc.asn.au

 

CCCT (Cat Control Council of Tasmania) [CCCA]

e-mail ccctsecretary@gmail.com  

Web site  http://www.ccctas.org

 

TFA (Tasmanian Feline Association) [ACF]

e-mail contact us

Web site  http://tfeline.com

Victoria (VIC)

 

FCCV (Feline Control Council of Victoria) [CCCA]

e-mail secretary@fccv.com.au

Web site http://www.fccvic.org

 

GCCFV (Governing Council of the Cat Fancy of Australia and Victoria) [ACF]

e-mail gccfv@gmail.com

Web site https://www.catsgccfv.org.au

 

Western Australia (WA)

 

COAWA (Cat Owners' Association of Western Australia Inc.) [ACF]

e-mail coawa@bigpond.com

Web site http://www.coawa.com/index.html

 

Cats WA (Formally Feline Control Council of Western Australia) [ACF]

e-mail catswa@iinet.net.au 

Web site http://www.fcc-wa.com

Cats United WA [CCCA]

Web site https://www.catsunitedwa.com/

e-mail secretarycatsunited@gmail.com

Abyssinian/Somali Cat Clubs


The Abyssinian Breeder Club of Australia

Sydney, NSW

e-mail theabybreeder@bigpond.com or swiftabys@bigpond.com

Web site http://www.nileabys.com

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheAbyssinianBreeder​​​​​​​

Abyssinian and Somali Cat Club of Australia (formally Abyssinian Cat Club of Australasia)

This Club was wound up in 2022

 

Abyssinian and Somali Cat Club of Qld Inc. (formally Club 23)

Brisbane, QLD

This page was last updated on 14-April-23

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