Other Names
Current Operation
Location
- Orange is located 250 km east of Sydney
- Abbattoir is located on Clergate road
Hema Maps – Australia Truckies atlas.
Owner
- Roger’s meats2
- TA Field2
- Metro Meats2
- Bindaree Beef1
- McDonald Family
- Purchased in 19922
- Also own Inverell abattoir (NSW) about 1995/96, and Murgon abattoir (QLD)2
Operation
History
1920’s
- First opened by the Graziers meat service2
1960’s
- by this period the plant was on of the largest meat works in NSW2
- Soon dogged by2
- stock shortages2
- industrial action2
- volatile export market2
1992
- McDonald Family who also own Inverell (Bindaree Beef) abattoir (NSW)
- purchase the Orange facility
- at this stage it is a meat processing facility that doesn’t slaughter animals.
- purchase the Orange facility
2002
- Originally only a packing room, the slaughter floor was opened at this time2
- Closed after only 9 months operation2
- 350 people out of work2
2004
- June. Last 18 months meatworks in Woy Woy, Mudgee abattoir (NSW), Orange, Forbes abattoir (NSW) have all closed, loss of close to 500 jobs.3
- Bindaree Beef announce a major recruitment drive that would lead to 1,200 new jobs at the abattoir2
2005
- August. Recruitment drive on hold as plant is limited to ‘value adding ‘ operation at present2
- Work has been carried out at plant over the last 4 years is continuing2
2010
- article notes that the Orange abattoir was closed and scrapped. (not date specific)3
Sources
- ‘Abattoir cuts 150 jobs’ AMIEU Archives. 05.07.2004
- ‘Bindarees Beef’s 1,200 jobs are still on hold’ Central West Daily 14.08.2005
- ‘Who is JR McDonald’ The Land 05.03.2010
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