The first Buff turkeys in Australia were probably English Buff turkeys. With interbreeding over many decades, pure English Buff turkeys have disappeared in Australia. The Australian Heritage Turkey Society has decided that Jersey Buff turkeys will be the standard 'buff' turkey in future, as the genetics for the Englisg Buff have been lost. The Jersey Buff turkey was created at a research station in Jersey, USA, in the 1940s by crossing Bourbon Red with Black. A standard for Jersey Buff was written and published in Turkey Production in 1949 by Dr Stanley Marsden who created them.