extract from the observer book of dogs 1966
a fairly popular dog in australia and new zealand is the australian terrier, which is a low set dog obviously showing its descent from the yorkshire,norwich,cairn and other british terriers, which togeather made this comparatively recent breed, although this breed has many devotees in the antipodes and has been about since 1860, it is still not bred as meticulously as it might be. in fact, many of the british bred stock are finer in type. sydney silky dogs are frequently crossed with the australians, which is not to the advantage of either. the b