Like us, you’re here thanks to Ron and Marion, our Dad and Mum, our founders and our inspiration who literally built Macadamias Australia from the ground up. With a small plot of uncleared land, a huge amount of effort, never ending faith and a life long commitment to each other and our family, they taught us to care for the environment, each other and every life we touch.

We’re proud to have been taught their values and be entrusted to build upon their legacy. We turn up every day to continue their incredible work looking after our trees, our products, our team, our community, our customers and the planet. And caring for the next generation (our kids), who are now working beside us in the family business, just as we did, and just as we hope their kids will and the many more generations to come.

Macadamias Australia respectfully acknowledges the Taribelang Bunda, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang and Bailai People as the traditional owners of the land upon which Macadamias Australia stands.

The Macadamias Australia legacy was founded in 1958 by Ron and Marion Steinhardt, the first generation of our family to cultivate and care for what was then a small patch of land here in beautiful Bundaberg. Today our family’s second and third generations continue to run the family business.

Our farm has come a long way from that single unimproved parcel of land that Ron and Marion nurtured to grow peanuts, corn, sugar cane and a variety of vegetables.
In 1980, under the name Steinhardt Family Farms, they moved into large scale production of tomatoes and zucchinis and began supplying major supermarket chains throughout Australia and New Zealand. In 2004 we planted macadamias, and in 2020 construction was completed for a state-of-the-art value add processing plant, incorporating a tourism centre and café. As a result, Macadamias Australia became a fully vertically-integrated family business.

Packed full of flavour and endless health benefits, our wide variety of nut products are enjoyed in homes around the globe and used by some of the world’s largest food companies. After more than 60 years caring for the land and successfully growing, processing and value-adding nuts, we’re incredibly proud that our family values and quality products are held in equally high regard and that we’re acknowledged as an innovative industry leader.

Since our humble beginnings in November of 1958, our family business has endured some tough times, exciting diversification and plenty of good times. Our family business continues to grow into something our parents could not have ever dreamt possible for themselves. Our dear mum Marion always said “A family that prays together stays together”.

That is certainly true for us. Our second and third generation family work side by side on the family farm – parents and children together, just as it’s always been. Together we ensure that the values our parents instilled in us remain at the heart of every business decision we make.

Our vision is to build a sustainable future for all.