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675 Primary Producers Board

Date Range:1924 - 1978

Description

The Primary Producers Board was established as a result of a conference called by the Federal Minister of Home and Territories during his visit to Darwin in 1923. The aim of the Board was to establish a fishing industry and to relieve the destitute section of the community, consisting mainly of Malays and Coloured people. The first meeting of the Board was on 27 August 1923.
The Board was formally established by Ordinance No 21 of 1924 of the Northern Territory of Australia, cited as the Encouragement of Primary Industry Production Ordinance and gazetted on 26 September 1924. The Board superceded the Advances to Settlers Board (CA 1085), the lands, securities and responsibilities of that Board became vested in the Primary Producers Board.
The functions of the Board were to give financial assistance to Producers in matters of machinery, fencing and like materials and also to provide rations for limited periods, as well as seeds, fishing nets and boats, as required, and, for the timer industry and other purposes the Board made advances.
Initially the term Producer covered only persons resident in the Northern Territory engaged or intending to engage in any primary production. Ordinance No 15 of 1975 amended this definition and included also "the processing, storage handling or packaging in the Territory of Primary Produce".
The first members of the Board were:-
Chairman: C. Barnet Story, Government Secretary
Members: E.C. Playford, Director of Lands and Mines
C.E.F. Allen, Superintendent of Agriculture
Initially these Board Members were also members of the Land Board. Two members formed a quorum on any question, in the case of
disagreement all members were required to be present at a meeting. The Territory Development Ordinance 1978 (Northern Territory Ordinance No 40 of 1978) repeated the Primary Production Ordinance of 1976 and transferred the functions and responsibilities of the Primary Producers Board to the Northern Territory Development Corporation. The Ordinance came into operation on 1 July 1978.

Creation

Northern Territory Ordinances, No. 21 of 1924, the encouragement of Primary Industry Production Ordinance 1924

Portfolio Controlling

Northern Territory Administration

Function/Interest

Primary Industries

Abolition

Northern Territory Ordinances, No. 40, of 1978, Territory Development Ordinance 1978.

Subsequent Agencies

Date RangeTitleAgency Id
1979 - 1987Northern Territory Development Corporation647

Inventory of Series

Series IdSeries TitleSeries Date RangeNumber of UnitsPublic AccessLocation
NTRS 2662Mortgage contracts1914 - 19281Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 4143Correspondence files with PPB prefix, single number series1914 - 198864Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 2697Register of advances1922 - 19431Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 2825Personal ledgers1923 - 19511Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 4528Seals of Primary Producers Board, North and Central Australiac 1927 - c 19391Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 4129Journal1928 - 19311Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 418Policy files relating to the Encouragement of Primary Production Ordinancec 1931 - c 19761Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 2826Minute book1931 - 19551Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 4132Copy of Northern Territory 'Encouragement of Primary Production' Ordinance and Regulations1931 - 19561Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 4142Minutes of Meetings1931 - 19762Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 4128Register of Securities1932 - 19451Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 2827Index book for correspondence filesc 1933 - 19511Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 3605Minutes of meetings [Chairman's copy]1933 - 19571Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 4134Minutes of Meetings (Chief Clerk's Copy)1936 - 19381Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 2828Summary of correspondence notebookc 1939 - c 19411Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 4133Application for loan1955 - 19551Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 1712Reports1957 - 19641Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 206Applications registers1959 - 19811Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 205Primary Producers Board client ledger1960 - 19781Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 67Loan files with "C" prefix1970 - 1994111Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 3116Administration files1971 - 19783Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 64Loan files 'L' series, Darwin Business Relief Loan Fund1973 - 198411Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 676Nominal index to client loan files1973 - 19862Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 68Darwin Business Relief Loan Fund policy files1975 - 19781Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 3118Client files1976 - 198412Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)
NTRS 3119Name index cards to client filesc 1976 - c 19791Agreement PendingDarwin (NTAC)