No Malteses in Queensland right now
Rescue availability changes constantly. Browse every adoptable dog in Queensland, or look at Malteses in one of the cities below.
Browse all dogs in Queensland →There are no Malteses listed in Queensland rescue at the moment. Malteses come up periodically, so it is worth setting an alert — and Maltese crosses are worth considering too.
Rescue availability changes constantly. Browse every adoptable dog in Queensland, or look at Malteses in one of the cities below.
Browse all dogs in Queensland →The Maltese is a small-sized dog with low energy needs. 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 dogs, where many are crosses.
Shelter breed labels in Australia are usually a visual guess rather than a DNA result, so a dog listed as a Maltese may well be a cross. That is worth knowing before you rule a listing in or out: temperament and the individual dog's history tell you far more than the name on the card.
Prefer to search closer to home? Jump straight to Maltese listings in each Queensland city.
As of September 2026 there are no Malteses listed in Queensland rescue on LocalPetFinder. Malteses are among the rarer dogs in Australian rescue, and availability turns over quickly, so setting an alert is the most reliable way to catch one when it arrives. Maltese crosses are worth considering too.
LocalPetFinder lists Malteses available for adoption from rescues across Queensland and Queensland. A dedicated single-breed rescue is not always active near Queensland, so the fastest route is to watch the general rescues and set an alert. Every listing links straight to the rescue that has the dog, and the application is handled by them, not by us.
Not for sale, for adoption, which is usually the better deal. Every Maltese here comes from a Queensland-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 "maltese for sale queensland", adopting gets you a vetted dog for a fraction of the price.