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Pony Club Australia is an association which teaches young people to ride horses through over 850 member clubs. Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

has the largest pony club membership in the world with just under 55,000 financial members. In Australia, there are over 850 clubs spread over the seven states and territories. The largest ones are the Pony Club Association of New South Wales

Pony Club Association of New South Wales

The Pony Club Association of New South Wales is the controlling body for Pony Clubs in New South Wales where young people can ride and learn all disciplines of equestrian sports...

and the Pony Club Association of Victoria

Pony Club Association of Victoria

The Pony Club Association of Victoria, commonly abbreviated as PCAV, is the controlling body for Pony Clubs in Victoria where young people can ride and learn all disciplines of equestrian sports...

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Related organizations also exist in Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

, the United States Of America and Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

History

The first Pony Club in Australia was formed in 1938 at Ingleburn, New South Wales

Ingleburn, New South Wales

Ingleburn is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Ingleburn is located 44 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of City of Campbelltown and is part of the Macarthur region...

by Miss Ann Howitt. The Dandenong Ranges Pony Club in Victoria was formed in 1947. In 1956 the Pony Club Association of New South Wales was established.

The first Inter-Pacific Rally was held in America during 1962 and in Western Australia in 1979. Teams participated from New Zealand, Great Britain, the Far East

Far East

The Far East is an English term mostly describing East Asia and Southeast Asia, with South Asia sometimes also included for economic and cultural reasons.The term came into use in European geopolitical discourse in the 19th century,...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, Canada and Australia in the 1979 rally.

In 1994 the International Mounted Games were held in the Southern Hemisphere

Southern Hemisphere

The Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth that lies south of the equator. The word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' or "half sphere"...

for the first time at Beverley, Western Australia, competing teams were from Canada, Great Britain, United States of America and Australia.

In 1995 the Pony Club Association of New South Wales hosted the first National Championships at Wagga Wagga.

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