Goldsbrough Mort & Co

Goldsbrough Mort & Co was an Australian agricultural business.

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

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]

Goldsbrough Street in Fremantle, Western Australia, is named after the company because they owned property there.[5] It runs between Elder Place (named after Elders Ltd.) and Cantonment Street.

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

Some of Goldsbrough Mort's buildings are now heritage listed, including:

References
  1. "History of Mort & Co from 1843 to now". Mort & Co. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  2. Barnard, Alan (1972). "Goldsbrough, Richard (1821–1886)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  3. "The History of Elders 1900 - 1970". Elders Limited. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  4. "175 years: Elders historic summary 1839 - 2014" (PDF). Elders Limited. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  5. Fremantle City Library History Centre (2016), City of Fremantle and Town of East Fremantle Street Names Index (PDF)
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