In 1990 I came across the renown ‘Elfin’ Kelpie breeder, Tim Austin, at
the Eagle-on-the-Hill petrol pump. We talked about doing a ‘coffee-table’ style book about
his famous dogs.
So,
during the 18 months of 1990 and 1991 I followed the Kelpie dogs at their home in the Western
Districts of Victoria, Meningie in South Australia and Adelaide. The book called ‘Our
Australian Kelpie’ resulted and it was launched at the Adelaide Royal Agricultural Show from
where it was sold to considerable acclaim. Today no more copies are for sale and no
reprints are planned.
Launching it here on this web site keeps alive a fantastic story.
Pieter Zaadstra, Compton Studio, 1999
