South Australian Co-operatives
The co-operative sector in South Australia consisted of 102 co-operatives
(excluding financial mutuals) in
2009, comprising 6% of the
total number of co-operatives in Australia.
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The first known co-operative in South Australia was the Adelaide Co-operative
Society, a retail co-operative formed in 1863.
Agricultural co-operatives followed from the late 1880's, and Australia's
first known co-operative hotel was opened in Renmark in 1897.
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In the early 1980's, South Australian co-operatives were brought under the
administration of the
Co-operatives Act 1983.
In 1991, the South Australian Government enacted the
Co-operative and Community Housing Act
to administer the emerging housing co-operative sector in the
state.
In 1996,
the
government signed up to the national
Co-operatives Laws Agreement,
and in 1997 replaced its 1983 act with the
Co-operatives Act 1997.
Housing co-operatives remain under the community housing act.
Today, co-operatives in South Australia are involved in a range of economic and
social
activities. There are around 50
distributing co-operatives
in the agricultural, fishing, retail,
transport and wholesale trade industries, and a similar number of
non distributing co-operatives
in the health care, housing and social services industries.
The following are links to South Australian co-operatives with websites. Some
co-operatives are listed more than once due to their activities covering more
than one industry.
Agriculture and Fishing
Electricity and Water
Health Care and Social Assistance
Real Estate Services
Retail Trade
Transport
Wholesale Trade
Agricultural Support Services
Lenswood Cold Stores Co-operative Society Ltd
Commodity Marketing
Agricultural Products and Seafood Wholesaling
Fishing Support Services
South Australian Prawn Co-operative Ltd
Energy Related Services
South Australian Energy Co-operative Ltd
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HEALTH CARE and SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
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Social Support
Dom Polski Society Co-operative Ltd
Social Options Australia Co-operative Ltd
Residential Property Operators
(Housing co-operatives)
LaLuna Housing Co-operative Inc.
Northern Suburbs Housing Co-operative Inc.
Single Women in Co-operative Housing Inc.
Supermarket and Grocery Stores
The Community Co-operative Store (Nuriootpa) Ltd
Road Passenger Transport
Co-operative Taxi Cabs Society Ltd
Agricultural Product Wholesaling
Australian Grain Growers Co-operative Ltd
CCW Co-operative Ltd
Master Butchers Co-operative Ltd
Regional Food South Australia Co-operative Ltd
Seafood Wholesaling
South Australian Prawn Co-operative Ltd
Other Goods Wholesaling
Hairdressers Co-operative Ltd
The Associated Newsagents Co-operative (SA) 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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