http://gopetition.com/signatures/declare-the-waler-the-australian-national-horse.html Online petition signatures en-us Tue, 7 Apr 2026 12:16 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23165535?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Jul 2019 09:38:51 UTC 23165535 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19618606?utm_medium=rss The Waler thru its deeds during WW1 should have earn't the respect and admiration of Australia. Unfortunately this fully hasn't happened yet. When troopers spoke of "Macka" "Butch" - it wasn't their human mates but their 4 legged companions. We tend to concentrate on Gallipoli and France and give recognition to the likes of Simpson and Jacka but can I suggest if you haven't read the book Bill The Bastard please do so. Bill is arguably Australia's greatest war horse. You will see his association with Banjo Paterson who was a horse breaker as well as a poet. Read how Bill would only let one trooper ride him and buck all others off thus The Bastard tag. Read how he run the messages along the Gallipoli beaches and the Turks couldn't bring him down. Read of his exploits in the middle east - charging the turks when his rider was wounded and then how he carried 5 troopers caught in a ambush across 2 miles of sandy desert to safety. There is a bronze monument in his home town of Murrumburrah NSW depicting this event. Bill typifies the Waler breed and it is time the Walers' received the recognition and protection they justly and rightly deserve.

]]> Wed, 20 Jan 2016 05:07:27 UTC 19618606 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17523860?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Jun 2014 08:52:38 UTC 17523860 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17479440?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jun 2014 08:05:08 UTC 17479440 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17246872?utm_medium=rss Walers are the Australian nation breed and should be known world wide do test make more walder studs and make them there own section in shows and own events too allow them to do what they did in the war (sports wise safely).

]]> Sun, 4 May 2014 07:52:04 UTC 17246872 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17241109?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 May 2014 05:26:40 UTC 17241109 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17001053?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Mar 2014 02:43:39 UTC 17001053 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16914191?utm_medium=rss Fri, 28 Feb 2014 04:02:46 UTC 16914191 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16718833?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Feb 2014 04:43:26 UTC 16718833 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16712275?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Jan 2014 09:35:56 UTC 16712275 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16695911?utm_medium=rss Walers are the most placid, loyal & sturdy of horses. Just look at what they achieved in WW11, My cousin breeds them & I truly believe they should be named Australia's National Horse.

]]> Tue, 28 Jan 2014 06:58:08 UTC 16695911 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16688715?utm_medium=rss As long as we real Walers, not the Clayton and Tempee
Downs style non Walers as promoted by th Queensland group. Only horses supported by Waler
Horse Owners and Breeders Association should be treated as our national horse

]]> Sun, 26 Jan 2014 09:00:43 UTC 16688715 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16688565?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jan 2014 07:49:05 UTC 16688565 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16688291?utm_medium=rss Most other countries take measures to protect their feral/wild horses.

]]> Sun, 26 Jan 2014 05:48:48 UTC 16688291 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16688061?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jan 2014 04:43:54 UTC 16688061 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16688041?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jan 2014 04:36:30 UTC 16688041 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16687837?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jan 2014 03:44:54 UTC 16687837 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16686074?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jan 2014 06:54:46 UTC 16686074 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16685992?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jan 2014 06:17:22 UTC 16685992 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16685918?utm_medium=rss These Waler horses are the horse heroes of this country and should be recognised as such

]]> Sun, 26 Jan 2014 05:52:49 UTC 16685918 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16685894?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Jan 2014 05:43:44 UTC 16685894 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15534009?utm_medium=rss Like many others' my Father went in World War 1, and fought for Australia with the Light Horse Brigade, ....and Waler horses. Horses were part of his life as they are my way. .Thankyou.

]]> Thu, 18 Jul 2013 04:00:59 UTC 15534009 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15416731?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:13:17 UTC 15416731 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15339982?utm_medium=rss the waler should be reconised as hardly anbody in the horse world knows of the breed never mind the general public.

]]> Sun, 2 Jun 2013 07:18:54 UTC 15339982 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15329967?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 May 2013 07:28:05 UTC 15329967 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15283164?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 May 2013 03:54:34 UTC 15283164 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15003052?utm_medium=rss I have owned the Waler Stallion, General Monash. Bred & owned one of his sons, Atlantis Zulu. It was an honor to have him for the time we were together. He was my mate. The presence of The General was magestic and his nature phenominal. It was truely sad for both my mare and myself that he was a horse I could not keep due to life circumstances and that he was a stallion I could no longer afford. He is a horse I've tried to track down due to the impression this War Horse made on me. e It is though you can feel the acknowledgement and soul of his ancestors which truely make the horse, The Waler Horse what they are. I was fortunate enough to be able to sell Zulu to a friend who now has him standing at stud. Zulu is like his father and his progeny are like him. The Waler is more than a horse and should be acknowledged as such. It is true, the majority of Australians have no idea who the Waler is and this includes horse people. It is a shame that the history books forgot about them. It seems to be what Australian history has been good at in the past as alot of us know the fate of the majority of our Waler horses. Surely it is time to rectify and take of our hats to Our Waler Horse.

]]> Tue, 2 Apr 2013 01:33:35 UTC 15003052 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14979127?utm_medium=rss The Australian Waler horse was bred to defend our country. Today it is the forgotten solider. Please make the Waler, Australia's national horse an protect the breed as the breed has protected our country.

]]> Wed, 27 Mar 2013 06:14:23 UTC 14979127 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14969376?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:51:50 UTC 14969376 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14958756?utm_medium=rss Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:02:26 UTC 14958756 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14954121?utm_medium=rss Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:14:58 UTC 14954121 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14954063?utm_medium=rss The whaler has been such an important part of our history. Think it should be our icon horse.

]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:43:10 UTC 14954063 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14953741?utm_medium=rss The Waler has earned the right to be our Australian horse, many many of them gave their lives to defend our country during the war, we should do all we can to honour them. thanks for this opportunity

]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:05:33 UTC 14953741 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14953621?utm_medium=rss Part of Australia's heritage. . . and unrecognised?!!! Come on!!!

]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:08:20 UTC 14953621 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14953469?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:06:20 UTC 14953469 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14953459?utm_medium=rss our horses deserve better

]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:03:58 UTC 14953459 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14941102?utm_medium=rss Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:11:37 UTC 14941102 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14901660?utm_medium=rss The Waler was and is a very important breed of horses that helped make it easier for the first Australian immigrants to survive in their new homeland so they should be celebrated for their value and the role they played in helping to make it possible for Australia to become the great nation that lives up to the pioneer spirit of its' people.

]]> Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:04:41 UTC 14901660 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14889587?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:03:08 UTC 14889587 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14880578?utm_medium=rss so they should be they are apart of our heritage.

]]> Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:12:08 UTC 14880578 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14879369?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:07:01 UTC 14879369 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14879025?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:19:41 UTC 14879025 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14874259?utm_medium=rss 180 years of history, forgotten, 30 years of hard research.
Do we realise the importance of this?

]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:55:58 UTC 14874259 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14873929?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:03:51 UTC 14873929 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14873657?utm_medium=rss It's something that is long overdue.

]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:47:23 UTC 14873657 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14873617?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:28:54 UTC 14873617 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14873014?utm_medium=rss Do the right thing. Help Save and Preserve part of OUR history.

]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:52:33 UTC 14873014 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14869894?utm_medium=rss The Waler has served Australia faithfully in work, trade, sport, war and peace. Let us honour them and properly acknowledge our legendary breed.

]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:34:29 UTC 14869894 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14803648?utm_medium=rss Sun, 3 Mar 2013 08:19:26 UTC 14803648 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14799092?utm_medium=rss Sat, 2 Mar 2013 04:25:41 UTC 14799092 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14795936?utm_medium=rss Research supports the history.

]]> Sat, 2 Mar 2013 05:38:31 UTC 14795936 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14795826?utm_medium=rss Sat, 2 Mar 2013 05:03:32 UTC 14795826 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14795775?utm_medium=rss The Waler is a special part of Australia's history; it is a special horse on its own; it has a unique personality - It is Australian

]]> Sat, 2 Mar 2013 04:46:34 UTC 14795775 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14795382?utm_medium=rss all horses need protecting and especially these horses who carried our diggers to war so bravely, without choice, they have served this country, lest we forget!

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