RBTA 2025 Charity Auction for Genebank

The Rare Breeds Trust of Australia (RBTA) is holding its fifth Annual Auction during International Heritage Breeds Week to raise funds for a Future Farms Fund Genebank, from May 18 – 25 2025. 

AuctionsPlus website - the fabulous list of goods and services for auction will be listed nearer the event - some super prizes already donated! Donations still being accepted :) - email below.

The auction is being generously hosted by AuctionsPlus. This will be the fifth year we have raised funds through AuctionsPlus for our gene bank.

Now, more than ever, a gene bank is vital to Australian agriculture.  Other than private semen collections there is no gene bank in Australia for domestic livestock.  In 2021 there was a government roundtable discussion where it was unanimously agreed that one was needed, however, since then nothing has happened so the RBTA has established one.

Since starting our Genebank in 2020 thanks to the generosity of our auction sponsors, private donors and several Semen Storage facilities we have semen from horses, cattle and sheep stored at 6 facilities Australia-wide.

The RBTA is run entirely by volunteers. We receive NO government funding. The majority of our income is from memberships. Included in our membership ($35 per year for Individuals and Associations) is our quarterly publication, Paddocks and Perches.

We thank all sponsors of last year’s auction and invite you to participate again. Any goods or services, no matter how big or small, will be gratefully accepted. As a thank you for your help we are happy to offer you free advertising in Paddocks and Perches for two editions (six months). To redeem this please email Judy a PDF or Word document of your advertisement or logo.  We will also acknowledge all of our sponsors on our Facebook page which has over 10,000 followers.

If you would like more information on the trust or the auction, please do not hesitate to contact Judy at the Trust at any time : rarebreedstrustau@gmail.com