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Great Southern
Great Southern may refer to: * Great Southern (automobile), a car in production from 1910 to 1914 *Great Southern (band), the backing band for American rock guitarist Dickey Betts * ''Great Southern'' (train), a luxury train service in Australia *Great Southern (Western Australia), a region in Western Australia *Great Southern (wine region), in Western Australia *Great Southern Group Great Southern Group was a group of Australian companies that was notable as the country's largest agribusiness managed investment scheme (MIS) business. The company was founded in 1987 and became a public company in 1999. It expanded its MIS ..., a corporate group in Australia which collapsed in 2009 * Great Southern Television, based in Auckland and Sydney * ''TSS Great Southern'' (1902), a ship built in 1902 for the Great Western Railway * Great Southern Bank, Australian bank See also * Great Southern Railway (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Southern Group
Great Southern Group was a group of Australian companies that was notable as the country's largest agribusiness managed investment scheme (MIS) business. The company was founded in 1987 and became a public company in 1999. It expanded its MIS business rapidly in the 2000s, supported by favourable tax regulations for these types of investments. Most of the Group's business was in tree farm, plantation forestry to supply woodchips for the pulp and paper industry, but in the 2000s it diversified into high-value timbers, beef cattle, olive (fruit), olives, viticulture, and almond production. The company's after-tax profit peaked at $132 million in 2006, but by 2008 had deteriorated to a $63 million loss. The Great Southern companies attracted debate and criticism associated with the operation of managed investment schemes generally, and the environmental performance of their Tiwi Islands operation in particular. On 16 May 2009, as a result of worsening economic conditions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Southern (automobile)
The Great Southern Automobile Company was the first automobile manufacturer in the central South. It was incorporated in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1909 and manufactured automobiles, automobile parts, and buses from its plant in Ensley (Birmingham), Ensley, where it also maintained a repair department. Its founding officers were Eugene F. Enslen, president; Ike Adler, vice-president; John Kyser, secretary and treasurer; and Eugene F. Enslen, Jr., general manager. In early 1910, it announced a Model "50" touring car with a wheel base of 124 inches, a 5.25x6 inches bore and stroke engine, capable of 60 Horsepower#Brake horsepower, bhp. In 1912, it opened salesrooms in the List of tallest buildings in Birmingham, Alabama, Empire Building, then the tallest building in Birmingham. The manager was W. O. Fields. In 1913, it was manufacturing two models: *Great Southern 30, available in two-seater Roadster (automobile), roadster and five-seater Touring car, touring bodies for $1400. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Southern (band)
Forrest Richard Betts (December 12, 1943 – April 18, 2024) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as a longtime member of the Allman Brothers Band. A co-founder of the band when it formed in 1969, he was central to the group's greatest commercial success in the mid-1970s, and was the writer and vocalist on the Allmans' hit single " Ramblin' Man". The Allman Brothers Band broke up and re-formed twice, always with Betts in the lineup, until he left the band in 2000. Starting in 1974, Betts also fronted his own bands, performing concerts and recording records. He released albums as Dickey Betts and Great Southern, the Dickey Betts Band, and under his own name. Musical career Early days Betts was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, on December 12, 1943, and raised in Bradenton. He grew up in a musical family listening to traditional bluegrass, country music and Western swing. He started playing ukulele at the age of five and, as his hands got b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Southern (train)
The ''Great Southern'' is an Australian experiential tourism train operated since 2019 by Journey Beyond between Adelaide and Brisbane. It runs both ways during the summer months of December to February. Similar to Journey Beyond's other luxury rail holidays on '' The Ghan'' and the '' Indian Pacific'', the ''Great Southern'' is a slow journey across the country with a series of off-train guided tours along the route. The Adelaide to Brisbane service takes three days and features guided tours of the Grampians National Park in Victoria, Canberra and beaches along the northern coast of New South Wales. The Brisbane to Adelaide service takes four days with beachside dining in northern New South Wales, a guided tour of the Hunter Valley and Newcastle, and a stop at the Twelve Apostles In Christian theology and ecclesiology, the apostles, particularly the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Twelve Disciples or simply the Twelve), were the primary disciples of Jesus a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Southern (Western Australia)
__NOTOC__ The Great Southern region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia, as defined by the Regional Development Commissions Act 1993, for the purposes of economic development. It is a section of the larger south coast of Western Australia and neighbouring agricultural regions. The region officially comprises the local government areas of Albany, Broomehill-Tambellup, Cranbrook, Denmark, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Katanning, Kent, Kojonup, Plantagenet, and Woodanilling. The Great Southern has an area of and a population of about 54,000. Its administrative centre is the historic port of Albany. It has a Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters. The Stirling Range is the only place in Western Australia that regularly receives snowfalls, if only very light. The economy of the Great Southern is dominated by livestock farming, dairy farming and crop-growing. It has some of the most productive cereal grain and pastoral land in the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Southern (wine Region)
The Great Southern wine region is in Western Australia's Great Southern region. It comprises an area from east to west and over from north to south, and is Australia's largest wine region Wines are produced in significant growing regions where vineyards are planted. Wine grapes berries mostly grow between the 30th and the 50th degrees of latitude, in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, typically in regions of Mediterranea .... It has five nominated subregions for wine, the Porongurup, Western Australia, Porongurups, Mount Barker, Western Australia, Mount Barker, Albany, Western Australia, Albany, Denmark, Western Australia, Denmark and Frankland, Western Australia, Frankland River under the geographical indications legislation as determined by the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation. The vineyards spread throughout the area known for production of high quality vines have significant variations of terroir and climate dictated in part by the distance however the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Southern Television
Great Southern Television (GSTV) is a film and television production company based in Auckland, New Zealand. The company operates both scripted and unscripted departments and in 2023 has series with several major international broadcasters and streamers, including Netflix, the BBC, AMC (USA) and HBO Max. Domestically it has series on TVNZ, TV3 (Warner Bros. Discovery) and Sky, and in Australia its work is broadcast on SBS, Foxtel and Channel 7. The GSTV drama department has produced 13 drama series and two feature films, and in 2023 has three dramas in full production including Friends Like Her (Discovery, Fifth Season); Brokenbacks (Sky, Hattrick) and Noob (Sky, Oble). It runs a development slate of 12 drama projects and has a team of five drama specialists. The GSTV factual department has recently produced the adventure reality series Tracked for Discovery and HBO Max, and also makes the multi award-winning series the Casketeers (TVNZ, Netflix, SBS). It runs a slate of 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TSS Great Southern (1902)
TSS ''Great Southern'' was a passenger vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1902. History She was built by Laird Brothers in Birkenhead for the Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a History of rail transport in Great Britain, British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, ... as a twin-screw steamer for the Irish Sea ferry service between Milford Haven and Waterford. She was a sister ship to TSS ''Great Western''. In 1910 she ran aground on shingle at Parkswood, Waterford River during a fog. She ran aground again in the same river in 1929. Later in her career she operated occasionally from Weymouth on the Channel Islands service. In 1934 she was sold for scrapping by John Cashmore of Newport, Monmouthshire. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Great Southern 1902 ships Passenger ships of the United Kingdom Steamships of the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Southern Bank
Great Southern Bank, formerly Credit Union Australia, is one of Australia's largest customer-owned banks with corporate offices in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne. It provided banking services to more than 400,000 Australians in 2023. Overview Great Southern Bank is a mutual bank with origins dating back to 1946. It has branches located around Australia, predominantly on the east coast. Great Southern Bank has an Australian-based contact centre in Melbourne. It is part of the Customer-owned Banking Association, the industry association for mutual banks, credit unions, and building societies, adhering to the association's Customer-owned Banking Code of Practice. It is also a member of the Business Council of Cooperatives & Mutuals (BCCM). The bank changed its name from CUA to Great Southern Bank in June 2021. History The earliest precursor to Great Southern Bank was officially founded in 1946. It was created through the amalgamation of several small Queensland based credit uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
