Queensland Co-operatives
The co-operative sector in Queensland consisted of 177 co-operatives (excluding
financial mutuals) in 2009,
comprising 10% of the
total number of co-operatives in Australia.
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It is believed that the first retail co-operative store in Australia was
formed in Brisbane, Queensland in
1859. Other co-operatives began to appear in 1870's. In 1893, the Queensland
Parliament passed the
Communities Land Act 1893,
which resulted in the development of a number of rural settlement
co-operatives in the state. Agricultural co-operatives emerged in the 1890's in
the dairy and sugar industries.
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In 1924, Queensland agricultural co-operatives were brought under the
administration of the state's
Primary Producers' Co-operative Associations Act 1923.
In 1967, the Queensland Government enacted the
Co-operatives and Other Societies Act
to administer other co-operatives.
In 1996,
the
government signed up to the national
Co-operatives Laws Agreement,
and in 1997 replaced its earlier acts with the
Co-operatives Act 1997.
Today, co-operatives in Queensland are involved in a wide range of economic and
social
activities. There are over 70
distributing co-operatives
in the agricultural, fishing, retail,
transport, water and wholesale trade industries, and more than 100
non distributing co-operatives
in the accommodation and hospitality,
arts and recreation, education and training, health care, housing and social
services industries
The following are links to Queensland co-operatives with websites. Some
co-operatives are listed more than once due to their activities covering more
than one industry.
Accommodation and Hospitality
Agriculture and Fishing
Arts and Recreation
Business Services
Health Care and Social Assistance
Interest Groups
Manufacturing
Real Estate Services
Retail Trade
Transport
Wholesale Trade
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ACCOMMODATION and HOSPITALITY
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Hotels and Cafes
Hotel Theodore Co-operative Association Ltd
Licenced Clubs
Maleny Co-operative Club Ltd
Commodity Marketing
Agricultural Products and Seafood Wholesaling
Food Processing
Food Product Manufacturing
Inputs Supplies
Hardware, Building and Rural Supplies
Fishing Support Services
Gold Coast Fishermen's Co-operative Ltd
Sangate Fisherman's Co-operative Society Ltd
Artist's Studios
Brisbane Artist Development Co-operative Ltd
Culture
Creative Impact Co-op Ltd
Starlight Theatre Co-operative Ltd
Recreation
Ipswich Rotorcrew Co-operative Ltd
Northern Brisbane Rollers Co-operative Ltd
Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway Co-operative Ltd
South Brisbane Masonic Hall Co-operative Society Ltd
Australian Industry Engineering and Manufacturing Network Co-operative Ltd
Central Highlands Regional Resources Use Planning Co-operative Ltd
Community Praxis Co-operative Ltd
Curves Co-op South East Qld Ltd
Daintree Marketing Co-operative Ltd
Mackay Area Industry Network Co-operative Ltd
Support Australia Co-operative Ltd
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HEALTH CARE and SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
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Bicycle Revolution Co-op Ltd
Brisbane Welfare Co-operative Ltd
Caboolture Community Work Co-operative Ltd
Chjowai Housing Co-operative Society Ltd
Girudala Community Co-operative Society Ltd
I.D.E.A.S. Co-operative Society Ltd
Ipswich GP After Hours Clinic Co-operative Ltd
Nundah Community Enterprises Co-operative Ltd
Reverse Garbage Co-operative Ltd
Warrina Community Co-operative Ltd
Big Australian Co-operative Ltd
Crystal Waters Community Co-operative Ltd
Friends of the Earth-Brisbane Co-operative Ltd
Kanjini Co-op Ltd
Proserpine District Canegrowers Co-operative Ltd
Queensland Chamber of Fruit & Vegetable Industries Co-operative (Union of Employers) Ltd
Tuljun Boolaroo Co-operative Ltd
Union Co-operative Society Ltd
Food Product Manufacturing
Butter Producers' Co-operative Federation Ltd
Residential Property Operators
(Housing co-operatives)
Bynoe Community Advancement Co-operative Society Ltd
Art and Craft Outets
Folk Art Co-operative Society Ltd
Kuranda Arts Co-operative Ltd
Sarina Community Art and Craft Co-operative Ltd
Upatree Arts Co-operative Ltd
Food Retailing
(except Supermarket and Grocery Stores)
Community Foods Co-operative Ltd
Goondiwindi Co-operative Society Ltd
Maple Street Co-operative Society Ltd
Fuel Retailing
Killarney Co-operative Society Ltd
Hardware, Building and Rural Supplies
Capgrains Co-operative Association Ltd
Esk District Co-operative Ltd
Killarney Co-operative Ltd
N.Q. Co-op Ltd
Wamuran Co-operative Ltd
Yeppoon District Co-operative Society Ltd
Supermarket and Grocery Stores
Esk District Co-operative Ltd
Killarney Co-operative Society Ltd
Road Passenger Transport
Garden City Cabs Co-operative Ltd
Agricultural Products Wholesaling
B.I.G. Co-op Ltd
Bluegum Co-operative Ltd
Border Beef Marketing Co-operative Ltd
Bundaberg Fruit and Vegetable Growers Co-operative Ltd
Coochin Creek Fruitgrowers' Co-operative Association Ltd
Gayndah Packers Co-operative Association Ltd
Queensland Domestic Goat Meat Producers Co-operative Ltd
Sunfresh Marketing Co-operative Ltd
Three Rivers Co-operative Ltd
Seafood Wholesaling
Gold Coast Fishermen's Co-operative Ltd
Sangate Fisherman's Co-operative Society Ltd
1. National Co-operatives Law Regulatory Impact Statement, 2010.
2. Gary Lewis, The Democracy Principle: Farmer Co-operatives in Twentieth
Century Australia, 2006.
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