Having operated constantly for 200 years, AACo is the oldest firm in Australia nonetheless conducting enterprise underneath its unique title.
Fashioned by Royal Decree in 1824, AACo began out with 720 French and Anglo merino sheep producing wool for export again to the UK.
In two centuries of operations it has additionally been a miner and has grown immediately into Australia’s largest cattle firm working a herd of 450,000 beef cattle, exporting premium branded beef to markets all around the world – together with again to the UK.
AACo’s presence is so entwined with the historical past of Australian agriculture it might be nearly inconceivable to depend the variety of individuals immediately who’re linked with the corporate indirectly, as former AACo director David Crombie noticed to a gathering at Beef 2024 in Rockhampton earlier this yr.
To mark the distinctive milestone of AACo’s 2 hundredth anniversary, CEO David Harris will ship the 2024 Malcolm McCosker Memorial Deal with on the 2024 Rural Press Membership of Queensland breakfast on the Royal Queensland Present on Friday, August 9 on the Brisbane Showgrounds.
Mr Harris will spotlight key moments in AACo’s historical past, and notably its affiliation with Queensland, whereas additionally trying ahead to the following 200 years, not just for AACo itself however challenges and alternatives for Australia’s complete agricultural sector.
| DATE | Friday, 9 August, 6.30am arrival for 7.00am begin, finish time 9:00am. |
| LOCATION | Royal Worldwide Conference Centre, RNA Showgrounds |
| TICKETS | Members – $125 per individual / $1,150 per desk of 10
Non-members – $135 per individual / $1,250 per desk of 10 |
| RSVP | 5 August 2024 – How does somebody RSVP? I like to recommend this line is deleted. |
| DRESS CODE | Enterprise informal |
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