Australian Abattoirs

Current Operation

• Closed

Location              

Owner

• Thiess Bros (maybe early 60’s)²

Operation

History

1949

• ‘Airbeef’ Cattle slaughtered on Glenroy station, meat flown to Wyndham and Derby for exports and freezing

1959  

• Improved to meet stringent USDA (USA Dept of agriculture) hygiene regulation

1960’s   

• Theiss Bros, negotiated with Emanuel Exports – to drive the best price foe cattlemen by collective bargaining with the meatworks²

1970

• Couldn’t meet USDA standards – lost export licence, so did Broome, Wyndham, Darwin and Katherine¹

1980 

• Export beef plant closed 1980¹
• Domestic Meat supply closed November 1980¹

Sources

1. ‘Sailing ahead’ Annabelle Coppin 2009
2. ‘The Australian Livestock export trade’ Nigel Austin 2011