Party: Farming Co-operative and Marketing Organizations - Mareeba, Tobacco Leaf Marketing Board, 186 Byrnes Street, Mareeba, 4880
Summary
The Tobacco Leaf Marketing Board was established in 1948 and has joint main offices in Brisbane and Mareeba. Brisbane office advised that duplicates of the most significant Board records are held in both offices. The following details of holdings were provided by the Mareeba office:
Minutes of Board meetings, 1948-present.
Correspondence files, 1968-present.
Proceeds on tobacco sales, 1950-present, including details of production from Burdekin growers (Clare, Millaroo and Dalbeg), involved in post war Soldier Settlement Schemes, and also Abergowrie Agricultural College.
Growers returns, 7 year holding.
Catalogue sheets of tobacco sold, 1953-present.
Private Board ledgers, 1948-present.
Account sales, 1959-present.
Working account records, 1964-present.
Card file with production statistics for all individual growers, 1953-present.