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Wide Bay Cooperative Dairy Company

The Wide Bay Cooperative Dairy Company was located on Tozer Street from 1906 and in 1925 built one of Australia’s largest butter factories, a reflection of the region’s prominence in dairying. [taken from: Gympie and the railway, presented at the Gympie Heritage Forum, May 23 2012 by Sean O’Keeffe, http://bit.ly/2pAnocG]

Butter Making at the Wide Bay Dairy Co-operative's Gympie Factory in the 1920s
Butter Making at the Wide Bay Dairy Co-operative’s Gympie Factory in the 1920s
Directors & Managers Wide Bay Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., 1917
Directors & Managers Wide Bay Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., 1917

The new Wide Bay Dairy Co-operative factory is opened in 1925.  It was the biggest factory in the Southern Hemisphere.

Opening day of the Wide Bay Dairy Cooperative 25 September 1925
Opening day of the Wide Bay Dairy Cooperative 25 September 1925
Opening day of the Wide Bay Dairy Cooperative 25 September 1925
Opening day of the Wide Bay Dairy Cooperative 25 September 1925
Gympie Times, Saturday, September 12, 1925 p. 5 Wide Bay Dairy Co-op production
Wide Bay Dairy Co-op production Gympie Times, Saturday, September 12, 1925 p. 5
Opening of World's Biggest Butter Factory Gympie Times, Saturday, September 26, 1925 p.1 Opening of World's Biggest Butter Factory
Opening of World’s Biggest Butter Factory Gympie Times, Saturday, September 26, 1925 p.1
GT Saturday, September 26, 1925 p.2 Opening of World's Biggest Butter Factory
Opening of World’s Biggest Butter Factory Gympie Times, Saturday, September 26, 1925 p.2
Gympie Times, Tuesday, September 8, 1925 p. 5 Sir M Nathan's visit To Gympie WBD Co-op
Sir M Nathan’s visit To Gympie WBD Co-op

 

Wide Bay Co-operative Dairy Association, Butter Factory
Wide Bay Co-operative Dairy Association, Butter Factory

Butter Factory: designed and built by Messrs. J. Wildridge & Sinclair (Brisbane), Ltd, Australia for the Wide Bay Co-operative Dairy Association Ltd, Gympie. Capacity, 120 tons butter and 80 tons ice per week when working one shift of 8 hours per day for 6 days only. This photo was taken circa 1927. http://www.gympieregionthenandnow.com/

Wide Bay Cooperative Dairy Company Butter Factory, Gympie, 1924
Wide Bay Cooperative Dairy Company Butter Factory, Gympie, 1924
The Gympie Times Thursday 4 May 1978 page 1
The Gympie Times Thursday 4 May 1978 page 1