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Encyclopedia > Australian Agricultural Company

The Australian Agricultural Company (AA Co) is a company which serves to improve beef cattle production through responsible natural resource and land use. Founded in 1824 through an Act of the British Parliament, with the right to select one million acres in New South Wales for agricultural development, it is one of Australia's oldest still-operating companies. Its headquarters are today in Brisbane and it has been listed on the Australian Stock Exchange since 2001. Beef Beef is meat obtained from a bovine. ... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle (called cows in vernacular usage, kine archaic, or kye as the Scots plural of cou) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... Emblems: Floral - Waratah (Telopea Speciosissima); Bird - Kookaburra (Dacelo Gigas); Animal - Platypus (Ornithorhynchus Anatinus); Fish - Blue Groper (Achoerodus Viridis) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Const. ... Brisbane () is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland. ... Exterior of Australian Stock Exchange on Bridge Street, Sydney The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) is the primary stock exchange in Australia. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...


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Amongst the principal members of this company were the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General of England, 28 Members of Parliament, including Mr. Brougham, and Mr. Joseph Hume, the Governor, Deputy Governor and eight of the directors of the Bank of England; the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman and five directors of the East India Company, besides many other eminent bankers and merchants of England. All shares were speedily taken up apart from 500 which were reserved. [1]



 
 

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