Greg Jacobsen

Mary Metcalfe, the daughter of the late Eric Caton, has supplied this wonderful account of her father’s venture into the Stock and Station industry on the Darling Downs. Not once but twice, did Eric Caton successfully commence and operate a private agency business on the Downs. Both operations were subsequently sold to major Wool Broking

                                                 Fellow Primac Guru, Vic Perkins, reflects on his time working and socialising with Tim Clifford. ” A little known fact was Tim’s prowess in the kitchen. I for one can vouch for many a terrific feed knocked up by him on the many overnight stays I had in Kilcoy. Tim was the sort of

I commenced work with Mactaggarts on the 7th December 1970 as an office boy working out of the mail room with Mr Bill Cooper. This lasted for twelve months and during this time our duties were doing mail runs, delivering paper work to the wool and produce stores, and of course the Tuesday pig and

Neil Donaldson, was a true Primac Guru. He was a legend of the beef industry, known by many across Queensland and Australia. He was easy to befriend, never held a grudge, and was the most likeable person one could ever meet. Neil was dealt a tough hand in life, but he never complained, always sticking

Glenn Dunn‘s amazing career with Primaries and Primac, spanned some 33 years. A true agent with heaps of personality, he was always going to succeed, to be a pier amongst his colleagues and clients alike. This is Glenn’s story! Richard Handley reflects on a story about Glenn. “During one of his initial chats to A.W.

“Unlike most Primac Gurus, in the thirteen years that I worked for Primac I only had one job and worked from one location. As a result, my bio not only covers my time at Primac, but pre and post Primac. However, like most Gurus, I have moved around a fair bit“. Written and contributed by

“I first started this bio in January 2021 to acknowledge my first payslip anniversary of my Qld Primary Producers Co-op employment. I was in rehabilitation at Redcliffe after having bilateral knee replacement surgery with plenty of time at hand and completed it in three days, but because of my computer inability I packed it away

John M. Higgins born Rockhampton 23rd August 1938, Work colleague and good friend, Richard Handley remembers John well! Richard says, “I was fortunate enough to work with John in Roma in 1966 and follow him into Dalby in 1982, and over this period got to know John reasonably well! A lot of this story has

Kingaroy – The Early Days I was born and raised in Kingaroy in the 1950’s & 60’s, firstly living in town, and moving onto a farm when I was fourteen. Dad, had his own cabinet making business, his greatest claim to fame at the time was fitting a new kitchen into Sir Joh and Lady

“Life in the Agency Game” – a biography by Ian Bruce Lovegrove A product of suburban Brisbane! Born Coorparoo in Brisbane in October, 1937. Moved to the suburb of Chelmer at age four. Primary school at Graceville state school. Secondary school at Brisbane Boys College  to year ten. My father passed away whilst I was

Company: Primac LimitedDate Opened: ?????First Manager: Darryl Scheff Alstonville Branch history has been contributed to by these Primac Gurus:Wayne FischerIf you have information or photos to contribute to the Alstonville Branch Timeline / History please use the form at the bottom of this page to submit it. All contributions are appreciated and will be acknowledged.

Company: Primac LimitedDate Opened: ?????First Manager: Ray Vincent Bendigo Branch history has been contributed to by these Primac Gurus:Wayne FischerIf you have information or photos to contribute to the Bendigo Branch Timeline / History please use the form at the bottom of this page to submit it. All contributions are appreciated and will be acknowledged.

Company: Primac LimitedDate Opened: ?????First Manager: Sam Marino Applethorpe Branch history has been contributed to by these Primac Gurus:Wayne FischerIf you have information or photos to contribute to the Applethorpe Branch Timeline / History please use the form at the bottom of this page to submit it. All contributions are appreciated and will be acknowledged.

Doug Mactaggart was a well respected identity within the Queensland, and indeed Australian pastoral industry. Through his long 43 year association with his family company, he was well regarded by his family, friends, his staff and clients alike. A quote from Doug Mactaggart’s biography, as written by his sister Elaine Hart, sums up much of

In his Primac days, David Morgan was better known as Fred to most of his colleagues and clients alike. David represented Primac in numerous branches during his time from the late 1970’s through to February of 1989. My life before Primac, as told by David (Fred) Morgan I am the son of an accountant who

Primac Roma merchandise manager Ian Philp, master salesman at the Maranoa Wether Trial, securing a sale of the first Gun Crutcha. 1981: Ian commenced employment with Primac Limited in Head Office. Like many gurus before him, Ian worked in the mail room, under the guidance of Bert Wotherspoon. 1982 – 1985: Transferred to Roma as

“From office clerk and roustabout to Branch Manager” Les Pontin enjoyed a very long and enjoyable 35 year relationship at Bridesons in Oakey. As an agent and auctioneer, Les, had an enviable reputation amongst his colleagues and clients alike. Here is Les Pontin’s story! Les Pontin I joined R. Brideson & Sons in 1952 at

Primac Guru Helen Walker offers her reflections on her long standing friendship with Chris Todd “I have worked very closely with Chris, over many years. I first stumbled upon Chris at ram sales when he was Dalgety branch manager at Dirranbandi, in the early 1980’s. After that he was a well respected Branch Manager for