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Date(s)
- 1962-1972 (Creation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
4 boxes (Offsite Storage)
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Biographical history
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Administrative history
The Queensland Graingrowers Association (QGAA) was the industry body representing Queensland graingrowers. In 1999 QGAA merged with the Cattlemen's Union of Australia (CU), the QGGA) and the United Graziers' Association (UGA) to form AgForce Queensland, a united voice for broadacre producers.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1962-1972
Collection alternatively titled as: Wendy Heather Armstrong Collection.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Newspaper cuttings collected for her thesis Graingrowers and freight rates M.A. (Qual) thesis for the Government Department, University of Queensland, in 1974 (THE5449). Some of the volumes and pages are labelled: Queensland Graingrowers' Association. These cuttings may have belonged to this Association at some time.
The newspaper cuttings cover various aspects of grain growing, marketing, export and tariffs, transport, etc. Grains covered in the cuttings include wheat, maize, barley, sorghum, linseed, safflower and soybeans. The cuttings also cover activities of marketing associations such as the Queensland Grain Growers' Association, Barley Marketing Board, Grain Sorghum Marketing Board and the Vegetable Oil Growers' Association. Newspapers clipped include: Courier Mail, Sunday Mail, Grain Grower, Toowoomba Chronicle, Land, Kingaroy Herald and Country Life.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Box 1: Newspaper clippings, Items 82/1 –82/6, 1962-1966.
Box 2: Newspaper clippings, Items 82/7–82/11, 1966-1968.
Box 3: Newspaper clippings, Items 82/12 –82/14, 1968-1970.
Box 4: Newspaper clippings, Items 82/15 –82/16, 1970-1972.
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Language of material
- English
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Publication note
Material from this collection has been cited in:
Armstrong, W. H. (1974). Graingrowers and freight rates. Thesis (M.A. (Qual)), University of Queensland.
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Name access points
- Queensland Graingrowers' Association (Subject)
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Status
Migrated
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, AM, 10-Feb-2020.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.