Maleny Cooperatives

Maleny cooperatives:
Examples of small-scale
cooperative enterprises

Maleny is situated 100 kilometrers north of Brisbane on the Sunshine Coast
Hinterland. It is surrounded by lush tropical vegitation, has stunning views
of the Glass House Mountains, and overlooks the Pacific Ocean. It has a
population of over 7,000 people.

Maleny has a long history of cooperative enterprise. On the 3rd May 1903,
settlers started the first dairy cooperative in the region, the Maleny
Cooperative Dairy Association. During its lifetime, it built 3 butter
factories. In the 1940's, the community got together to build the Maleny
Under 5's Centre Kindergarten in one weekend.

Today Maleny has 17 cooperatives which work in all areas of community life.
These cooperatives include: a consumers' coop, a cooperative bank, a
cooperative club, a workers' coop, a cashless trading coop, a cooperative
radio station, a cooperative film society, 4 environmental coops, and
several community settlement coops. All but 3 of these coops are legally
incorporated.

rest at:
http://proutworld.prout.org/features/maleny.htm



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