The following lists represent most of the families active in circus in Australia since the 1840s. The families in Groups One, Two and Three are connected by one or more marriages between families within the group.

GROUP ONE

ALL GROUP ONE FAMILIES

ASHTON
FOLEY
GILL
JONES
KING (Mervyn)
LLOYD
MACKIE
MILLER
MONAGHAN
O'NEIL
PERRY
RAPHAEL
ST LEON
VARNEY
WEST (Robert)
WIRTH
WISLANG
ZINGA

GROUP TWO

BULLEN
LENNON

GROUP THREE

WEATHERLEY
WILLISON

GROUP FOUR

AIREY
ANDREWS
BAKER
BANHAM
BANVARD
BARLOW
BARTINE
BERNARD
BIBBY
BIRD
BURTON
CARDELLA
CARDOZA
CHRISTOFF
CODONA
COLLEANO
COURTIER
CROFT
DALLE CASE
DE VERE
DECENOSKI
FITZGERALD
GARD
GILHAM
GRIFFITHS
HARMSTON
HAYES
HERBERT
HOLDEN
HOWSON
HUCKER
HYLAND
ICE
JANDASCHEWSKY
JEE
JONES
KEMP
KING (Thos)
KITCHI
KODAMA
LEES
LEOPOLD
LYONS
MALCOM
MELVILLE
MILNER
MONTGOMERY
MULLER
MURRAY
NOBLE
OSBORNE
RADFORD
RIDGE
RIDGEWAY
SHARMAN
SKUTHORPE
STEBBING
TAYLOR
TULLIPAN
VON DER MEHDEN
WALDUCK
WALHALLA
WARREN
WEST (Adam)

GROUP FIVE

OTHER NAMES