Ringneck Mutations

[Qringneck]

Hi All
Have an interesting question.
When did the first ringneck come into australia?
And who actually bred the first mutations in Aussie? Lacewings,cobalts,violets,wh/wt ect ect.
Does anyone know
Have a merry xmas
Rgds Q

[Qringneck]

Hi me again
For everyones info i have found out the following
It still however leaves me with the question where all the other more modern mutations were bred,Very interesting..Ant help to expand my knowledge gratefully accepted
Merry xmas agaim
Rgds Q


>> Sdy(RIP)& Jack Smith viewed Lutinos in the collection of Sir Edward
>> Hallstrom in the late fiffties and not one or two but a huge colony
>> of then,
>>
>> The blues were established by the late Mr Joe Mattinson (RIP)of
>> Woolongong this took him over twenty years,
>>
>> The Grey-green & grey was first breed by Mr Ian Adock of
>> Murwillumbah NSW in the mid eighties.
>>
>> Then the Judd Zoo importation syndicate in the early nineties through
>> Spotwood Quarantine station Melbourne VIC. They imported
>> Clearheads,Lacewing and Silver other colours with a most of Cock were
>> split to other colours which were not known until they start to breed
>> with them, 9 birds were imported David Judd breed 7 in
>> quarantine.
>>
>> Below is a List of only some birds the Sir Edward kept,
>>
>> The Letter Below is from Chris Claydon
>>
>> You may or may not have heard of Sir Edward Hallstrom.He lived in
>> Sydney, was associated with Taronga Zoo and 60 years ago had the
>> largest private collection of parrots in the world.
>> He also collected Birds of Paradise and achieved many first captive
>> breeding records.
>> In 1950 Allan Lendon, another famous Australian bird breeder and
>> author visited Sir Edwards house and made a list of the birds that he
>> had there.
>> Below for your interest is a copy of that list. I believe the only
>> original Hallstrom owned bird that is still alive is a Long Billed
>> Corella that is now over 70 years old, despite having a nasty smokers
>> cough that it picked up from Sir Edward.
>>
>> Macaws:Hyacinth, Lears, Military, Blue and Gold, Scarlet,Green
>> Winged, Hahns, Noble.
>>
>> Amazons: Double Yellow Headed,Blue Fronted, Yellow Billed,Yellow
>> Naped, Yellow Fronted.
>>
>> Cockatoos: Palm, Red Tailed Black, White Tailed Black, Glossy Black,
>> Major Mitchells, Red Vented, Little Corellas, Long Billed Corellas,
>> Citron Crested, Lesser Sulphur Crested, Umbrella, Salmon Crested.
>>
>> Conures:Red Rumped, Black Capped, Austral, Brown Throated,
>> Patagonian, Red Speckled, Cactus, Queen of Bavaria,Black Headed.
>>
>> African Parrots:Red Faced Lovebirds,Fischers Lovebirds, Black faced
>> Lovebird, Nyassa Lovebird inc. lutino, Masked Lovebirds, Senegal,
>> Meyers, African Grey,Brown Headed,Cape, Greater Vasa, Lesser Vasa.
>>
>> South American: Pileated Parrots, Maxamillian Pionus, Dusky Pionus,
>> Blue Winged Parrotlet, Spectacled Parrotlet, Black Headed Caiques,
>> Quaker.
>>
>> Asiatic Parrots: Indian Ringneck, Alexandrine, Red Sided
>> Eclectus,Javan Parrakeet.
>>
>> Lories and Lorikeets: Muschenbroeks, Red Collared, Knysna, Scaley
>> Breasted.
>>
>> Australian Parrots:Northern Rosella, Hooded, Cloncurry, Crimson
>> Rosella, Crimson winged, Pale Headed Rosella, Yellow Rosella, Rock
>> Peplar, Cockatiels, Port Lincoln, Adelaide Rosella, King, Blue
>> Mountain, Australian Eclectus, Double Eyed Fig Parrots.
>>
>> Birds of Paradise: Count Raggis, Greater Sickle Billed, Emporer of
>> Germany, Long Tailed, Stephanies as well as Touracos.
>>
>> You should note that he had given a lot of his birds to Taronga Zoo
>> prior to Lendon visiting.
>>