HORWATH SYDNEY PARTNERSHIP Chartered Accountants A member of Horwath International 1 Market Street Sydney NSW 2000 GPO Box 1455 Sydney NSW 2001 DX 1142 Sydney Telephone (02) 9572 0777 Facsimile (02) 9372 0606 EXHIBIT 23.1 Independent Auditors' Consent The Board of Directors Barbeques Galore Limited 327 Chisholm Road AUBURN NSW 2144 Amendment to Form F1 Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 We consent to the use in the above document of our audit report dated August 8, 1997 on the consolidated financial statements of Barbeques Galore Limited and subsidiaries incorporating consolidated balance sheets as of 30 June 1996 and 30 June, 1995 and consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity and cashflows for the years ended 30 June 1996, 30 June 1995 and 30 June 1994. We further consent to the reference to our firm as "Horwath Sydney Partnership" under the headings "Selected Consolidated Financial Data" and "Experts" in the document. /s/ Horwath Sydney Partnership HORWATH SYDNEY PARTNERSHIP October 24, 1997 Sydney, Australia