Corporate entry: Sugar Industry Organization - Brisbane Australian Sugar Producers' Limited, Phoenix House, 333 Adelaide Street, Brisbane
Summary
The Australian Sugar Producers' Association was founded in 1907 to form an association of growers and millowners to advise and assist in all facets of the sugar industry. Membership is voluntary. Head office is in Brisbane, and there are six Queensland branch offices, at Ayr, Bundaberg, Cairns, Ingham, Innisfail and Mackay. The twelve member Executive meets at regular intervals to determine A.S.P.A. policy. Brisbane office is the principal repository for records, where the Association library may be made available to approved researchers. Records include:
Minutes of conferences, 1907-present.
Minutes of Executive meetings, 1907-present.
Annual reports, ca.1950-present.
General business records.
Printed material includes: The Australian Sugar Journal (issued by ASPA), 1909-present, complete.
Also historical works, current periodicals relating to the sugar industry, government publications including Evidence and Reports of Royal Commissions on the Sugar Industry are held. Photographs, relating to the history and current affairs of the Queensland Sugar Industry.