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Golden Circle began operations in 1947 after the construction of the main canning factory at Northgate was completed. The new facility was opened by the then Premier of Queensland, the Hon Edward Hanlon. The company was originally called 'Queensland Tropical Fruit Products', with 'Golden Circle' used as its brand name. Golden Circle was initially part of the Committee of Direction of Fruit Marketing in Queensland (COD). Under the leadership of Bernard Flewell-Smith and Percival Savage, the cannery was established as a separate business. It was split off from the COD by an amendment to the Fruit Marketing Organisation Acts. Initially, the company processed and canned pineapples and produced fruit jams. Pineapples have been at the heart of the Golden Circle brand since its earliest beginnings. It is thought that they were first grown commercially in Queensland, with their rich soils, and near-perfect growing conditions. Source: www.goldencircle.com.au/our-story/heritage#:

James ATHERTON was born on 8 May 1830 in Blackrod, Lancashire, England, died on 23 December 1903 in Queensland, Australia at age 73, and was buried on 24 December 1903 in Yeppoon Cemetery, Queensland, Australia. In 1856, James with his younger brother John, overlanded sheep from the family property of `Bold Blair near Armidale to Queensland and formed a sheep station called `Rosewood'. James remained around this area all his life. He invested in Mount Morgan Mine which did not prove successful losing his property and lastly moved to `Copland` (now St. Brendans College) where he died in December 1903. Source: atherton.one-name.net/tng/getperson.php?personID=I10867&a... The Atherton family arrived in Sydney during 1844 on the brig Briton. There were 7 siblings; James, John, Alice, Rebecca, Edmund, Harry, and Thomas. But also two further siblings, Esther and Richard, who were born in New South Wales. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Atherton_(pioneer) Both Atherton, the town, and the Atherton Tablelands were named after John Atherton, a remarkable early settler who, in 1857 when he was only twenty, overlanded sheep from the New England area of NSW to Rockhampton. He moved to the area in the late 1870s. Source: www.aussietowns.com.au/town/atherton-qld

McDonnell & East Summer Sale 1922 catalogue. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland At the beginning of January 1922, McDonnell & East department store, situated on George Street in Brisbane's CBD, announced their annual "Summer Sale". Extensive advertisements were published in Brisbane newspapers with discounts to wide variety of merchandise - "The firm state this sale is intended to take the form of a New Year surprise to the people of Queensland - to aid them in starting 1922 economically... Included in offerings will be fashion goods for women such as blouses, skirts, robes, also underwear, sunshades, & c., plenty of fashionable millinery, too. There will be bargains in children's frocks, children's underwear, also big values in men's mercery, men's suits, men's hats, boys' suits, and boots and shoes for men, women and children.... Dress fabric values will stand out conspicuously. The firm say the bargains in furniture and furnishings were never better." (The Telegraph, January 3, 1922). Source: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/mcdonnell-east-summer-sale-catalo...