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The number of stock and station agents that operated at Newmarket varied widely from year to year. Over the years small, personalised stock and station agencies bowed to pressure from larger firms and were taken over.

From the original seventeen agents operating when Newmarket Saleyards officially opened in , there grew to be thirty-nine operating agents in November By the time the Newmarket closure was announced in there were only twelve companies operating, represented the surviving associated stock and station agents of Melbourne.

Six carried original business names: Dalgety Farmers, Elders Pastoral, Victorian Producers Co-Operative, Gippsland and Northern Co-Operative Co. The remaining six included principals and staff from many long-serving organisations of the industry: The daily order of sale of sheep, lambs, bullocks, calves, cows, store sheep and cattle by agents at Newmarket was decided by a draw. The draw was made in the office of the Newmarket Stock and Station Agents of Melbourne at the City Council's administration block on the Monday before the week's sale.

The draw was made from a cylindrical wooden barrel, holding up to forty-three marble-sized pine balls which were placed inside. The numbered balls were drawn separately, each number denoting an agent's order of sale.

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Showing related article Newmarket Collection The Newmarket Saleyards were first established in , on what was then the fringe of Melbourne. The Newmarket Saleyards introduced to Melbourne an organised system of livestock auctioning for cattle, sheep, pigs and horses.

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Signs were located on the outside wall of each office located along passage ways. The number of stock and station agents that Hung outside the Council Administration Office at the Newmarket Saleyards.

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