Greg Jacobsen

Recently on the 27th November 2021, Primac Gurus President, Mr Richard Handley, rightfully represented our Association at the funeral service of the late Bruce Campbell AM MBE. Bruce Campbell joined Queensland Primaries Producers Cooperative Association in 1948, and was appointed General Manager in 1974. In 1975, when Primaries and Mactaggarts merged to form Primac he

A first hand account written and presented by Mr. Wayne Fischer Merchandise Division I joined Primac as General Manager Merchandise in late 1985 and had the pleasure of retaining the position for the next twelve years. During this time, we had the support of two CEO’s in Don Swan and Bruce Sneddon and the Board,

Primac Gurus 2021 Reunion saw attendees gathered at the City Golf Club Toowoomba, on Saturday the 30th October 2021, apprehension quickly turned to jubilation with some members catching up for the first time in over 40 years. Around 80 former employees and partners, of Primac Limited, and the mother companies of Primaries and Mactaggarts, gathered

Primac Gurus Association Inc management committee are pleased to announce that Mr. Robin Hart AM has accepted their invitation to be the Foundation Patron of the Association. Robin had been Chairman of the board of Primac for their last six years of the company’s existence. He followed Mr Alex Nason as Chairman, having previously been

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