​Appendix E

European settlement of the Australian content, arrival of first beef cattle and greyhounds

Establishment of first colonial government

Passage of the Act for the Regulation and Licensing of Public Conveyances and to Prevent the Wanton Ill-treatment of Horses and Cattle (SA)

Cessation of convict transportation to Australia

Introduction of camels to Australia

First running of the Melbourne Cup

First known dog show in Australia (Melbourne)

Formation of Victoria Racing Club

Passage of the Protection of Animals Act (Victoria)

Arrival of the vegetarian Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Australia

Introduction of milk separators

Formation of the Theosophical Societies in Australia

Formation of the Women’s Christian Temperance Unions in Australia

Formation of the Amalgamated Shearers’ Union of Australia, representing shearers from NSW, Victoria and South Australia

Formation of the Vegetarian Society (Melbourne)

First vegetarian restaurant opened (Melbourne)

Formation of the Australian Vegetarian Society

Establishment of a branch of the Vegetarian Society in Ballarat RPSCA

Queensland’s charter expanded to include protection of children

Introduction of milking machines

SPCA (SA) falls into inactivity

Formation of the Pastoralists’ Union of NSW, the South Australian Farmers’ Federation and the United Pastoralists’ Association of Queensland

Shearers’ strike

Formation of the NSW Vegetarian Society

Formation of the Pastoralists’ Federal Council

Formation of the Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association

Formation of the Queensland Vegetarian Society

Formation of the SPCA (Western Australia)

Passage of the Police Act (Western Australia), including general protection for animals

Establishment of first dogs’ home in Victoria

Closure of the NSW Vegetarian Society

Formation of the South Australian Vegetarian Society

Publication of the first Australian vegetarian cookbook

Federation

Passage of the Animals Protection Act (Queensland)

Construction begins on the first rabbit-proof fence in Western Australia (completed 1907)

Formation of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia (Sydney)

First large-scale butter exports from Australia

Formation of the Western Australian Farmers’ Federation

Passage of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (Western Australia)

Introduction of sheep mulesing

Emergence of the Australian merino breed of sheep

Formation of the League of Kindness (Junior SPCA Victoria)

Establishment of an animal rest reserve in Queensland

SPCA Western Australia inspectors are formally recognised in legislation

SPCA South Australia opens the first free veterinary clinic

SPCA Victoria begins advocating use of the ‘humane killer’ gas bolt for livestock

Development of the Kelpie breed of cattle dog

First commercial greyhound racing in Australia

Legal recognition of SPCA Queensland inspectors

Bernard v Evans (UK) defines cruelty as ‘causing unnecessary suffering’

Introduction of dairy subsidies

Establishment of the Theosophist-owned radio station 2GB (Melbourne), promoting vegetarianism

Formation of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Establishment of the Lord Smith Animal Hospital by the Animal Welfare League Victoria

Formation of the World League for the Protection of Animals (WLPA) (NSW)

Electrocution of pigs introduced in South Australia (the ‘electro-leathaller’)

Formation of South Australian Dairyfarmers’ Association

Formation of the Tasmania Canine Defence League

Removal of intentionality requirement for cruelty prosecutions in Victorian law

Re-establishment of Victorian and South Australian branches of the Vegetarian Society

First major rabbit population control measure achieved via the Myxoma virus

Formation of the Anti-Vivisection Union of South Australia

Establishment of Equestrian Australia

Formation of the Animal Welfare League NSW

Formation of the Cat Protection Society of NSW

Formation of the Animal Welfare League Queensland

Establishment of CHOICE (Australian Consumers’ Association)

Banning of trapshooting using live birds in Victoria

Ruth Harrison publishes Animal machines (UK)

Formation of the Animal Welfare League South Australia

Establishment of the Australian Chicken Meat Federation

In Victoria, new legislation restricts the right of offenders to own animals, and regulates private zoos

Live sheep exports to the Middle East

Animal coursing banned in Victoria

Film adaptation of Born free released

Formation of the Blue Cross Animals Society of Victoria

Passage of the RSPCA Act (Victoria)

Passage of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (UK), introducing duty-of-care provisions for animals in agricultural production (this was later extended to other animals)

Banning of steel-jawed traps in municipal areas in South Australia

Introduction of the Commonwealth reserve price scheme for wool

Establishment of the Kangaroo Protection Committee NSW

Constance Bienvenu (critic of the RSPCA Victoria) declared a vexatious litigant

Formation of the Australian Animal Protection Society

Donald Griffin publishes The question of animal awareness: evolutionary continuity of mental experience (USA)

Formation of Animal Liberation NSW

Formation of Animal Liberation Victoria

Formation of the Animal Societies Federation of NSW

Formation of Greenpeace Australia

Formation of the World Wildlife Fund, Australian branch

Anti-Vivisection Union of Australia renamed the Australian Association Against Painful Experiments on Animals (AAAPEA)

Passage of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (NSW) (current governing act)

Formation of Animal Liberation Brisbane (later Animal Liberation Queensland)

Formation of the Cattle Council of Australia Formation of Humane Research Australia (Australian Association for Humane Research Inc)

Formation of the Fund for Animals in Australia

Establishment of the National Farmers’ Federation

Establishment of the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (Pet Industry Association of Australia)

Formation of Animal Liberation South Australia

Formation of the Australian Federation of Animal Societies (AFAS, later ANZFAS and Animals Australia)

Formation of RSPCA Australia, a national merger of individual RSPCAs (replacing a federal secretariat)

Formation of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (USA)

Formation of Animal Liberation (SA)

Formation of the Vegan Society of NSW

Formation of the World Society for the Protection of Animals Australia

Establishment of the Senate Committee on Animal Welfare, and initiation of the Senate Inquiry into Animal Welfare

Tom Regan publishes The case for animal rights (USA)

Passage of the Animal Welfare Act in South Australia (current governing act)

Passage of the Research Animals Act in NSW

Banning of live animal coursing in South Australia

National Farmers’ Federation establishes the Australian Farmers’ Fighting Fund

Passage of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act in Victoria (current governing act)

Formation of Avian Rights (NSW)

Formation of the Coalition Against Duck Shooting (CADS) (Victoria)

Formation of the Humane Society (NSW)

Formation of Wildlife Information and Rescue Service (WIRES) (NSW)

AFAS introduces individual memberships and accepts New Zealand organisational members (becomes ANZFAS)

Formation of the Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching

Release of Model Code of Practice – Sea Transport of Livestock

Introduction of national food labelling laws

RSPCA inspector Stuart Fairlie murdered while investigating a reported case of animal cruelty (Victoria)

Establishment of the National Consultative Comm­­ittee on Animal Welfare

Formation of the Vegetarian/Vegan Society of Queensland

Formation of Animals Australia

Completion of Senate Inquiry into Animal Welfare

Release of Model Codes of Practice covering: animals at sale yards, farming of deer, feral livestock animals, goat, intensive farming of rabbits, sheep

Termination of the Wool Price Reserve Scheme

25,000 people rally in Sydney for the ‘Day for Animals’ organised by the International Fund for Animal Welfare

Passage of the Animal Welfare Act in the ACT (current governing act)

Start of Animal Liberation campaign against conditions at Prime Minister Paul Keating’s PM Piggery

Release of Model Code of Practice – Cattle

Formation of the Australian Vegetarian Society (NSW) Inc.

Formation of the Queensland Farmers’ Federation

Formation of the Shooters, Farmers and Fishers Party (later the Shooters Party)

Passage of the Animal Welfare Act in Tasmania (current governing act), including the first duty of care provisions in Australian legislation

Animal Liberation Victoria forms an open rescue group

Release of Model Code of Practices for: domestic poultry, rail transport of livestock, road transport of livestock

Peter Singer runs for federal parliament for the Australian Greens

The first RSPCA Million Paws Walk is held in Queensland

Establishment of first Animal Liberation Front cells in Australia

Calicivirus, used to control rabbit populations, escapes and spreads to the Australian mainland after testing on Wardang Island in South Australia

RSPCA Million Paws Walk becomes a national event

Senator Andrew Bartlett (Australian Democrats) advocates vegetarianism in his maiden speech to federal parliament

NSW bans jumps racing

Formation of the National League for the Protection of Horses

Establishment of a Senate inquiry into animal experimentation

Formation of the Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council

New Zealand leaves ANZFAS; ANZFAS becomes Animals Australia

Formation of the Australian Racing Board (Racing Australia)

Formation of Vegetarian Victoria (formally the Vegetarian Network Victoria)

Formation of AgForce Queensland

Passage of the Animal Welfare Act in the Northern Territory (current governing act)

RSPCA inspector Jason Nichols is shot during an inspection and survives (Victoria)

Release of Model Codes of Practice covering: husbandry of captive bred emus, land transport of cattle

Passage of the Domestic Animals Act (ACT), introducing mandatory de-sexing and micro-chipping of dogs and cats

Formation of Australian Pork Limited

Formation of the Medical Advances Without Animals (MAWA) Trust

Formation of the People and Animal Welfare Society (WA)

Termination of subsidies for the dairy industry

Passage of the Animal Care and Protection Act in Queensland (current governing act)

Release of Model Code of Practice – Livestock at Slaughtering Establishments

Death of 5,500 sheep on the MV Cormo Express en route between Fremantle and Saudi Arabia, leading to the establishment of the Keniry Livestock Export Review (Commonwealth)

Passage of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation Amendment (Export Control) Act (Commonwealth)

Formation of Animals Tasmania (later Against Animal Cruelty Tasmania)

Formation of Edgar’s Mission Inc. (Victoria)

Establishment of World Vegan Day Melbourne as an annual event

Establishment of the Australian Animal Welfare Strategy

PETA USA campaign against mulesing begins

Development of the RSPCA model animal legislation for co-ordinated national legislative advocacy

Formation of Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities (AMRRIC)

Establishment of Sentient: The Veterinary Institute for Animal Ethics

Establishment of Voiceless

Animal Liberationists throw paint at the president of RSPCA Victoria in protest against RSPCA’s handling of egg farms

Publication of the Neumann Report (NCCAW review)

First dedicated animal law course taught in Australia (at the University of New South Wales, by Geoffrey Bloom)

Formation of the Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics at the University of Queensland

Establishment of the Cruelty Free Festival (Sydney) as an annual event

Formation of Lawyers for Animals (Melbourne)

Formation of Stop Tasmanian Animal Cruelty

Lewis Report into greyhound racing industry (Victoria)

Passage of the Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act in Queensland, dealing with unwanted animals

Scott Review into the greyhound racing industry in NSW

Russia suspends kangaroo meat imports (until 2012)

Formation of PETA Australia

Formation of the Animal Justice Party (AJP)

Formation of Oscar’s Law (Victoria)

Formation of Human-Animal Research Network (HARN) at the University of Sydney

AAWS produces the Australian Horse Welfare Protocol

Airing of ‘A bloody business’ on Four Corners (ABC TV)

Federal government suspends live exports to Indonesia for four weeks

ALP National Conference votes to establish an Independent Office of Animal Welfare

Duck hunt protester shot and injured in Victoria

Formation of Vegan Australia

Introduction of Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS)

Abolition of the Australian Animal Welfare Strategy Advisory Committee

Formation of the Animal Defenders Office (ACT)

Formation of the Human Rights and Animal Ethics Research Network (University of Melbourne)

Establishment of a NSW Legislative Council inquiry into greyhound racing

AAWS produces Australian Horse Welfare Protocol

ACT bans cages in chicken and pig industries

Russia suspends kangaroo meat imports for a second time

Release of the Newgate Report into agricultural advocacy structures in Australia

Airing of ‘Making a killing’ on Four Corners (ABC-TV), documenting cruelty in the greyhound industry

Election of Animal Justice Party candidate Mark Pearson to the NSW Legislative Council

Establishment of NSW parliamentary inquiry into companion animal breeding

Establishment of Tasmanian parliamentary inquiry into greyhound racing

Establishment of WA parliamentary inquiry into the RSPCA WA

Indonesia reduces live cattle quota from Australia, relaxes import restrictions from other nations

Australia reaches live cattle export agreement with China as part of ongoing free-trade talks

Productivity Commission begins review of agriculture, including animal protection regulation