STAFF and visitors on one of the Barkly Tableland’s iconic cattle stations paused for a few hours this afternoon to celebrate and reflect on a century of operations under the management of the Australian Agricultural Co.
AA Co’s subsidiary the Peel River Land & Cattle Co bought Avon Downs in 1921, but the 100-year milestone was delayed for a year, until today, because of COVID border closure restrictions.
AA Co itself celebrates its two-hundredth anniversary of its establishment in 1824 in two years’ time, marking it as one of the oldest corporate entities in Australia.
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