Co-op Advocacy
Co-operative Marketing
Dec 18, 2008 - 9:02:15 AM
Elizabeth Cheong's thesis, The Agricultural Co-operative Business Structure in Context: A Western Australian Study, 2006, is an important read to understand what happened to the Australian Wheat Board and the development of a possible successor.
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Co-op Education
The Democracy Principle - Farmer Co-operatives in Twentieth Century Australia is now Online
Dec 14, 2008 - 8:34:01 AM
Gary Lewis' pioneering book on co-operatives in Australia, The Democracy Principle: Farmer Co-operatives in Twentieth Century Australia, is now available online. The book is still subject to copyright and it is expected that usage of the book will be fair and reasonable - and fully acknowledged with full citation of author, title and date of publication. You can download and print a copy.


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Co-op History
Rochdale consumer co-operatives and Australian labour history
Sep 24, 2008 - 3:17:53 PM
Rochdale consumer co-operatives and Australian labour history is a paper by Nikola Balnave, University of Western Sydney, and Greg Patmore, The University of Sydney, on the idea of Rochdale Co-operaqtion being imported from the United Kingdom to Australia. The paper examines the meaning of 'co-operation' and has a focus on particular attributes of the Rochdale consumer co-operatives and how Australian labour historiography has marginalised consumer co-operatives.
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Co-op Advocacy
Farewell Edward James Long OAM
Sep 17, 2008 - 9:39:50 PM
A founder of one of the most significant co-operative movements in Australia - the YCW Co-operative Movement - Edward James Long OAM has died. A tribute to Edward James Long has been prepared by Leon Magree.
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Co-op History
Bulletin For Rural Groups - April 1955
Jul 27, 2008 - 10:30:47 PM
In Bulletin For Rural Groups, April, 1955, the National Catholic Rural Movement, with National Headquarters at 252 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria, included a report on Co-operative Societies.
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Co-op Education
Co-operative Education and Robert Owen
Oct 15, 2007 - 1:24:40 PM
Co-operative pioneer Robert Owen recognised the importance of co-operative education.
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Co-op History
Australian History and Co-operatives
Oct 11, 2007 - 5:53:40 PM
The Australian Government has released a Guide to the Teaching of Australian History in Years 9 and 10 - a framework of topics, key events and people that have shaped Australia and the range of skills which the study of Australian History could help develop.
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Co-op History
The Politics of Consumption and Co-operation
Sep 18, 2007 - 7:44:19 AM
The Politics of Consumption and Co-operation is a theme of Labour History, Number 91, November 2006.
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Co-op History
Let's Talk Sense About Co-operative Farming
Sep 9, 2007 - 12:37:21 PM
In 1943 Australia's National Catholic Rural Movement was lobbying to extend co-operatives in Victoria and other States.
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Co-op Education
The Fabric of a Dream - The Fletcher Jones Story
Sep 6, 2007 - 7:52:55 PM
The Fabric of a Dream - the Fletcher Jones Story is a documentary about Australian Christian Socialist David Fletcher Jones(1895-1977). It premiers on Australia's SBS channel 7.30 p.m., 7 September 2007.
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