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.

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

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/