1959
Jim Temple won a contract to transport grain for the WA Barley Board so he purchased his first truck for 500 pounds with 120,000 miles on the clock.
Our History
The story starts with our founder Jim Temple in 1959, read about him in Our People tab.
1962
Diamond Ice (later to become Ingham’s) established a feed mill in Wanneroo to supply palletised feed for poultry farms. Temples won the contract and purchased a number of 8-tonne pneumatic trucks to supply this work.
1964
Based on the success of supplying poultry feed for Diamond Ice, Temples starts to catch poultry and transport them to the processing plant. In these early years we would supply 8 to 12,000 chickens per night, these days it is normal to supply 10 times this volume.
1971
The practice of transporting containers to the port in these days was limited to 1 container per vehicle. Jim Temple was convinced that you could safely transport 2 containers at a time, but needed to find a better vehicle configuration. The result was the introduction of an 8-wheel truck coupled with a 4-axle dog. Temples was the first to license this configuration in the state. By transporting 2 containers at a time there was a dual benefit, a reduction in the cost as well as a significant improvement in road congestion around the port. Temples won a lot of business by being innovative and having the commitment to trying new vehicle configurations. The company continued transporting containers to the wharf for many years after this.
1978
A 7-acre site was purchased in Spearwood to create a purpose built container park. The site was outside of the Fremantle Port Authority jurisdiction and so Temples was able to keep the facility open 24 hours a day, which was a major initiative at the time. This was done with the blessing of the Waterside Workers Union, another significant achievement in the 70’s. Temples was able to turnaround trucks in 30 minutes guaranteed, when most other container parks were experiencing significant delays or simply closed.
1981
A further 14-acre site was purchased adjacent the first container park in Spearwood to expand the business. The Honorable Sir Charles Court, Premier of WA, opened the site on the 12th of March 1981. A number of our international clients at the time believed that the facility would rate in the top 10 container parks in the world.
1983
Won the Perth Chamber of Commerce – Company of the Year Award
1984
Company lists on the Australian Stock Exchange.
1988
Company delists and is purchased by a larger public listed entity.
1993
Company opens a container depot at Rous Head
1997
Jim Temple the original founder retires from running the company day to day.
2004
Temples is purchased from Bristile Ltd by Jim Temple and a group of private investors and is back to being a private company.
2014
Temples celebrates continuously supplying poultry for 50 years in March 2014 to Ingham’s Enterprises, a major milestone in any industry. Over the last 50+ years we have transported over 5,700,000 tonnes of feed and 780,000,000 chickens. We love chicken in Western Australia!
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