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Goldsbrough Mort &Co
IndustryAgriculture
PredecessorsR Goldsbrough &Co
Mort &Co
Founded1888; 136 years ago (1888)
FoundersThomas Sutcliffe Mort
Richard Goldsbrough
Defunct1962 (1962)
FateMerged with Elder Smith &Co
SuccessorElder Smith Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd (now Elders Limited)

Goldsbrough Mort &Co was an Australian agricultural business.

History[edit]

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[edit]

Goldsbrough Mort Building in King William Street, Adelaide, decorated for State centenary, 1936

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ 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)

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Goldsbrough_Mort_%26_Co&oldid=1220151179"

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