The existence of the Labrador Retriever in South Australia can be traced, through old Show records, to 1947. Their introduction to this State prior to World War II is unrecorded and therefore acknowledgement of an existence in South Australia prior to the mid 1940’s would be purely speculative.

An examination of entries in the 1947 Adelaide Royal Show reveal that “Peggy Leaner”, whelped 23.9.45, owned by Mrs P. Tinney of Stirling, South Australia, was entered in the open bitch class, thus becoming the first recorded Labrador exhibited in South Australia. Mrs Tinney registered the first Labrador Kennels in this State under the “Kilchoan” prefix.