Council and Honours Board
The SocietyThe Council
The Council for the British White Cattle Society Australia Ltd is elected by the society members.
Lindsay Murray: President
Lindsay is a third-generation farmer at Myocum on the Far North Coast of NSW, and part-time as a Specialist Emergency Physician at the local Base Hospital and took over managing a family-owned grazing property at Myocum on the Far North Coast of NSW in 2010. The farm is managed along holistic principles with a focus on regenerative grazing.
Lindsay joined the BWCSA in 2009, was elected to council in 2013 and took over as President in 2019. He remains very enthusiastic about the breed’s future in the beef industry particularly in grass-fed beef operations and enjoys interaction with other British White breeders.
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Heather Britten: Vice President
Heather became interested in the breed in 2006 after purchasing some commercial British Whitesand decided to join the Society to start upgrading towards a pure herd.
Heather has been a part of the Council multiple times and has also been Hon Treasurer for about 5 years. She currently runs a mixed herd of British Whites ranging through from C grades to APs, in Queensland.
Lisa Smith: Second Vice President
Dierdre Mikkelson: Company Secretary
Following a career as a Commercial Manager in Corporate life Dierdre runs a small British White stud in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. She has a keen interest in sharing her past experience in organisational development and governance with the Society and was instrumental in developing the Society’s first Strategic Plan and Marketing Plan. Her breeding objectives are to breed true to type British Whites with outstanding temperament and commercial appeal.
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Wayne Cross: Treasurer
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John Miller
John, an engineer by training, has returned to raising British White cattle due to previous experience with the breed after a 10 year period out of the cattle industry. He would like to see British White cattle build on their current position to enjoy greater success across a broad range of markets from small holdings up to large commercial enterprises.
Denis Brooks
Denis was a partner for 20 years at Nu-Genes an AI focussed herd improvement business. Together with his wife Janet, Denis has built a 40 head British White stud in just 5 years. Applying the herd improvement skills and experience of the past 20 years Denis is focused on sourcing and breeding top quality genetics with a view to broadening the commercial appeal of the British White breed.
Ian Holmes
Ian grew up on a dairy farm in New Zealand, and trained as a veterinarian at Massey University. His interest British Whites arose through his brother Keith, who having won Young Dairy Farmer of the Year, spent a year hosted on farms in the UK and was impressed with the British Whites he saw.
Ian learnt of a fertility issue in the breed and researched the 1/29 Robertsonian Translocation in cattle. After presenting on the issue to the Society, members resolved to seek to eradicate the defect from the breed. This has largely been achieved.
Ian’s interest in British Whites is to produce the ideal maternal breed that is grass-fed, easy care, high marbling, and well adapted to a hot sunny environment.
Chris Malden
Introduced to the breed in 2009 while searching for high quality ‘paddock to plate’ beef production, Chris established his first herd in 2010 and joined the British White Cattle Society soon after.
Chris is a passionate promoter of British Whites and wants to see the breed removed from the endangered list of cattle breeds. He hopes that through promotion and education, more Australian farmers will see the benefits of this excellent breed and take on British White beef cattle.
Member Services
Lucy Olson
secretary@britishwhitecattleaustralia.com.au
Honors Board
Members who are deemed by Council to have made an extraordinary contribution to the breed or the Society may be considered for conferment of Life Membership.
The following past and present members have been conferred as Life Members.
Ernie Clare (Nehlerien)
1995 – 2024 (Dec.)
Lee Gore (Eltham Vale)
1995 – present
Murray Hut Pastoral Company (Murray Hut)
1995 – present
Max & Roberta Finlay (Emra Valley)
1995 – present
Annie Ingham (Mulberry Hill)
1995 – 2014 (Dec.)
Ward Family (Fourwards)
1995 – present