Party: Sugar Mills - Farleigh. Farleigh Co-operative Sugar Milling Association Limited, FARLEIGH, 4741
Summary
The mill is situated 13 kilometres to the north west of Mackay; local crushing began in the 1860s, however the actual Farleigh mill was constructed in 1883 by Sir John Bennett Lawes The mill was sold in 1900 to the Farleigh Estate Sugar Co LTD, of Bundaberg. In 1926, that company went into liquidation and local growers purchased the mill and have since operated it as a co-operative. Records stored in the old administrative building were inaccessible during this survey. Summary details of holding in the old and new offices were provided by administrative staff.
Annual reports. 1926-present.
Minute books and correspondence files. A considerable quantity, old records are not organized.
Ledgers, journals, cash and wages books. From ca. 1926.
Record of individual suppliers. 1926-present, arranged alphabetically in loose leaf files.
Photographs. A small collection of historical interest held, including 18 group photographs of boards of directors. The mill laboratory records were amongst unsorted material in the old office.