Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsProfessional organisationsHistoryThe Victorian Wheat Growers' Association was formed in 1927 by farmers in the Wimmera-Mallee wheat belt and as a result of a division within the Victorian Farmers' Union over Country Party participation. The V.W.W.A. attracted growers who believed that besides a county political party, they needed strong, independent industrial organisations that could approach governements of any political pursuasion. More generally the V.W.W.A. drew impetus from the feelings of frustration among farmers trying to grow wheat in a dry land and to sell it as profit in an unreliable international market. Its charter was expanded in 1939 to admit small woolgrowers to the organisation. The Association had close links with the Country Progressive Party but remained an independent political lobby group, especially in the matter of compulsary pooling and market rationalisation.
Victorian Wheat And Woolgrowers' Association. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 19/01/2025, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/62876
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