Rackemann’s lasting legacy

The Peanut Marketing Board directors at its last meeting as a statutory authority back in 1992. Back row: General manager Harold Buchholz of Kumbia, Chris Box, Dennis Howe (north Queensland), Peter Webber (DPI) and Joe Massaro (North Queensland). Front row: Ivan Steinhardt (Hivesville), chairman Jeff Rackemann from Coalstoun Lakes and Laurie Jones of Wooroolin. The board operated from the 1920s until 1992 when it became a limited company. PICTURE: Brett Hanwright, South Burnett Times
By Kate McCormack

As we celebrate and commemorate the centenary of the South Burnett’s role in Queensland’s peanut industry, it’s just as important […]

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