Goldsbrough Mort & Co
| Industry | Agriculture |
|---|---|
| Predecessors | R Goldsbrough & Co Mort & Co |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Founders | Thomas Sutcliffe Mort Richard Goldsbrough |
| Defunct | 1962 |
| Fate | Merged with Elder Smith & Co |
| Successor | Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd (now Elders Limited) |
Goldsbrough Mort & Co was an Australian agricultural business.
History
In 1843 Thomas Sutcliffe Mort established a business which operated as auctioneers and brokers in the wool trade. The business took on partners and become known as Mort & Co.[1]
In 1847, Richard Goldsbrough founded a wool broking business in Melbourne.[2]
In 1888, R Goldsbrough & Co merged with Mort & Co to form Goldsbrough Mort & Co.[1]
In 1962 Goldsbrough, Mort & Co merged with Elder Smith & Co to form Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd.[1][3]
In 1981 Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd merged with Henry Jones IXL to form Elders IXL which today trades as Elders Limited.[1][4]
Notable buildings
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Prominent South Australian architect F. Kenneth Milne designed a woolstore for Goldsborough Mort at Port Adelaide.[5]
Some of Goldsbrough Mort's buildings are now heritage-listed, including:
Legacy
Goldsbrough Street in Fremantle, Western Australia, is named after the company because they owned property there.[6] It runs between Elder Place (named after Elders Ltd.) and Cantonment Street.
References
- ^ a b c d "History of Mort & Co from 1843 to now". Mort & Co. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ Barnard, Alan (1972). "Goldsbrough, Richard (1821–1886)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "The History of Elders 1900 - 1970". Elders Limited. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "175 years: Elders historic summary 1839 - 2014" (PDF). Elders Limited. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Home Plots and Houses". News (Adelaide). Vol. XII, no. 1, 795. South Australia. 17 April 1929. p. 10 (Home edition). Retrieved 22 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Fremantle City Library History Centre (2016), City of Fremantle and Town of East Fremantle Street Names Index (PDF)
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