Eureka Koolies Members of the KCA.

The Koolie Club of Australia Inc. was formed in April 2000, by a small group of Koolie enthusiasts who wished to bring people together who had a common interest, to share knowledge and understanding of a wonderful breed of working dog. They all knew that Koolies are naturally very talented dogs that do well at any work they are put to from working sheep, goats and cattle on farms and stations, on transports and in sale yards, gently working dairy cows or fronting up to scrub cattle. But when they got together they realized what they saw as special traits in their own “great dog” were in fact normal Koolie traits.
Not only are Koolies great at traditional work, they also excel in dog sports such as agility, tracking and obedience and they are also successfully used in such things as rescue, pets for therapy, quarantine work as well as making great companion dogs.
The Koolie Club of Australia Inc. has gone on to promote these talents, to educate potential purchasers of the talents and needs of their Koolies and also to welcome into their membership all who think in a like way and want to share good fellowship while promoting these ideals.

The Koolie has a perplexing and interesting history. All breeds began from many; the Australian Koolie is no different. History books show that serious importations of working breeds began around the 1800s; many books on the Kelpie, Australian Cattle Dog and Stumpy refer to the influence of the Blue Merle in their own breed's foundations. The Blue Merle and Smooth Coated Collies were British working dogs with < > origins. They are probably ancestors of all common British based working breeds including Koolies and Border Collies. Many of these dogs arrived in Australia when colonization began. The earliest references to working breeds start around the 1820's. Obviously some dogs would have arrived earlier but we have seen no records referring to working type dogs any earlier at this stage, probably the first dogs to arrive in Australia would have been small ratting and mousing dogs from ships. Records show that a Mr. Thomas Simpson Hall from the Hunter Valley imported a pair of smooth coated Collie's in the 1840's. Mr. Robert Kaleski in 1911, who was a major force behind the formation of the Australian Cattle Dog, was quoted as saying that "at this time there are many varieties of working dogs. One particular one called the Welsh Heeler or Merle is commonly referred to as the German Koolie."