Party: Sugar Industry Organization - Brisbane Central Sugar Cane Prices Board, T and G Building, Cnr. Queen and Albert Streets, Brisbane, 4000
Summary
The Board was founded in 1915 to facilitate negotiation between growers and millers, and to control the level of production. Responsibility now covers the setting of cane assignments and sugar quantity levels for individual farmers, and production quotas for sugar mills. The five members of the Board include a government appointed chairman, accountant and chemist, and one representative each of farmers and millowners. Records holdings include:
Minutes of Board Meetings, general, 1915-present.
Minutes of Board Meetings, sales, 1915-present.
Judgement book of decisions given in cane prices jurisdiction, 1915-present.
Decisions book, administrative matters, 1951-present.
General business records, including statistical sources. Intending researchers should apply in advance for access to records.