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History
The
Samoyed Club of Victoria Inc., holds the distinction of being the first
club for the breed to be established in Australia.
In the 1930's,
kennel owners had the problem of selling puppies of a breed practically
unknown to most people. Owners and breeders decided to get together for
the common good and form a Club to promote the breed, obtain
affiliation and hold its own shows. Owing to a lack of numbers they were
told to wait until the breed became stronger. Nevertheless the group
formed a Social Samoyed Club in the 1930's. Mr L S Graham was appointed
Secretary, Miss E Bradshaw Treasurer and Mr W H Whitford was
Chairman.
After several
meetings combined with social gatherings at member's houses, and outings
with the dogs, it was decided to go into recess as most members were
involved with War activities, either on active service or otherwise and
meetings were difficult to arrange.
By 1944, even with
limited breeding, interest in Samoyeds had grown to such an extent, that a
group of Samoyed owners got together with the intention of forming a
Samoyed specialist club.
At this meeting, Mr
D'arcy Sykes was elected President and Miss E Bradshaw, Secretary.
Application for affiliation was made to the Kennel Control Council and in
due course affiliation was granted and notified in the October 1944 KCC
Gazette.
The Samoyed Club of
Victoria then became the first club for the breed to be established for
Samoyed enthusiasts in Australia.
The original name
of the Club was the Victorian Samoyed Club. In 1945, this was changed to
The Samoyed Club of Australia, with membership being enlarged to include
owners and breeders from interstate. In the late 1950's it was decided
that all specialist Clubs should carry the name of the state in which they
were established and so, the Club name was changed to The Samoyed Club of
Victoria
In 1957, the first
Club Newsletter was published which was the forerunner of our current Snow
Courier.
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