Tasmanian Grey
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The Tasmanian Grey is beef breed of grey cattle developed in Tasmania, Australia, in the early nineteen hundreds.
During 1938, in northern Tasmania, Bill Reed crossed an Angus bull with a white Shorthorn milking cow and became interested in the grey offspring. He established a small herd of these Angus/shorthorn crosses and retained a grey bull to put back over them. These grey cattle consistently out performed the Angus cattle, in carcass and steer trials and Mr Reed switched his herd to grey cattle. More cattlemen began breeding them and a Tasmanian Grey breed Society was formed and eventually attracted 150 members.
Charles Wallace, became the third member of this society, becoming proactive in the promotion and development of the Tasmanian Greys before becoming president of the Society.
In 1963 negotiations were made to have the Tasmanian Greys accepted into the fledgling Murray Grey breed, but, it was not until 1981 the two organizations joined forces. This amalgamation helped to open up world wide markets for the Tasmanian cattle.