1 rescue Tonkinese is available for adoption in Brisbane right now, listed by RSPCA Queensland. Every listing links straight to the rescue.
The Tonkinese is a medium-sized cat and a short coat. Those two things — the space it needs and the exercise or grooming it expects — matter more day to day than the breed label itself, especially with rescue cats, where many are crosses.
Shelter breed labels in Australia are usually a visual guess rather than a DNA result, so a cat listed as a Tonkinese may well be a cross. That is worth knowing before you rule a listing in or out: temperament and the individual cat's history tell you far more than the name on the card.
Right now Tonkineses in Brisbane are listed by RSPCA Queensland. Applications, home checks and adoption decisions are handled by the rescue directly — LocalPetFinder brings the listings together so you do not have to check each rescue separately, and does not take a fee.
Rescues rehome across the state, and many will consider adopters outside their immediate area. It is worth checking the nearby cities too.
As of August 2026, Tonkineses are uncommon in Brisbane rescue — only 1 is listed right now across 1 rescue on LocalPetFinder. They are usually adopted quickly, so it is worth applying early or setting an alert. Currently listed by RSPCA Queensland.
LocalPetFinder lists Tonkineses available for adoption from rescues across Brisbane and Queensland. Right now the rescue listing Tonkineses near Brisbane is RSPCA Queensland. Every listing links straight to the rescue that has the cat, and the application is handled by them, not by us.
Not for sale, for adoption, which is usually the better deal. Every Tonkinese here comes from a Brisbane-area rescue rather than a breeder or a classified seller, and the adoption fee already covers desexing, vaccination and microchipping. That fee is typically a few hundred dollars, against often several thousand from a breeder with none of the vet work done. If you searched "tonkinese for sale brisbane", adopting gets you a vetted cat for a fraction of the price.