A 2017 American profile of the breed, written five years before the ANKC recognised it, when it was still called the Murray River Curly-Coated Retriever.
It describes a regional working dog of the Murray River that the major kennel clubs did not yet recognise, reports that DNA testing in 2012 showed it breeds true to type and sits closer to the spaniels than the retrievers, and sets out how it differs from the Curly-Coated Retriever: looser curls, a smaller frame, longer ears and a liver coat only.
