Collection UQFL82 - Wendy Heather Armstrong Papers

Identity area

Reference code

UQFL82

Title

Wendy Heather Armstrong Papers

Date(s)

  • 1962-1972 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

4 boxes (Offsite Storage)

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Name of creator

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.

Archival history

Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1962-1972
Collection alternatively titled as: Wendy Heather Armstrong Collection.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

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.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

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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Alternative identifier(s)

Alma MMS ID

991004344409703131

Millennium Local System Number

.b2011977x

OCLC Number

1096586669

Libraries Australia ID

63005060

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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.

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