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1070 Northern Territory Cattle Producer's Council

Date Range:1963 - 1979

Description

The Northern Territory Cattle Producers' Council was formed in 1963 to coordinate the policy of its three member organisations; the Northern Territory Pastoral Lessees Association (based in Sydney), the Cattlemens Association of North Australia (with headquarters in Katherine), and the Centralian Pastoralists Association (based in Alice Springs). The Council, based in Sydney with the Northern Territory Pastoral Lessees Association, met at least twice a year in the Northern Territory and maintained contact with the member organisations by correspondence.

The first meeting of the Council was held in Katherine on 27 October 1963. The proposal for the formation of a Council had been initiated by Mr P McCracken of the Cattlemens Association of North Australia, who pointed out that a body representing the producers in the Northern Territory would have the capacity to put proposals forward and advocate on their behalf to the federal government in Canberra.

Mr William Edward Leembruggen de Vos accepted the appointments as Secretary of both the Northern Territory Pastoral Lessees Association and the Council on a full-time basis from 1 May 1966.

By 1979 the formation of the National Farmers Federation and the Cattle Council of Australia highlighted a need to review the organisation of cattlemen in the Northern Territory and the structure of the Council.

At its April 1979 meeting the Council received the resignation of the Centralian Pastoralists' Association and admitted to membership the Centralian Cattlemen's Association formed in March 1979. In October 1979 the Council adopted a new constitution and became the Northern Territory Cattle Council.

Subordinate Agencies

Date Range	Title	Agency Id
1963 - 1979	Northern Territory Pastoral Lessees' Association	1068
1963 - 1979	Central Australian Pastoral Lessees Association/Centralian Pastoralists Association/Centralian Cattlemen's Association	1072
1963 - 1979	Cattlemen's Association of North Australia	1073

Subsequent Agencies

Date Range	Title	Agency Id
1979 - 1984	Northern Territory Cattle Council	1071

Inventory of Series

Series Id	Series Title	Series Date Range	Number of Units	Public Access	Location
NTRS 3548	Administration and correspondence files	1910 - 1994	49	Part Open	Darwin (NTAC)