Goldsbrough Mort & Co was an Australian agricultural business.

History

In 1843

Thomas Sutcliffe Mort Thomas Sutcliffe Mort (23 December 18169 May 1878) was an Australian industrialist who improved the refrigeration of meat. He was renowned for speculation in the local sheep, pastoral industry as well as industrial activities such as his Ice-W ...

established a business which operated as auctioneers and brokers in the wool trade. The business took on partners and become known as Mort & Co. In 1847,

Richard Goldsbrough Richard Goldsbrough (17 October 1821 – 8 April 1886) was an English-born Australian businessman who was involved in the wool industry in the 19th century. Goldsbrough took little part in public life, although he was a steward of the Victoria Ra ...

founded a wool broking business in Melbourne. In 1888, R Goldsbrough & Co merged with Mort & Co to form Goldsbrough Mort & Co. In 1962 Goldsbrough, Mort & Co merged with Elder Smith & Co to form Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd. In 1981 Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd merged with Henry Jones IXL to form Elders IXL which today trades as

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Notable buildings

Prominent

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n architect F. Kenneth Milne designed a woolstore for Goldsborough Mort at

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. Some of Goldsbrough Mort's buildings are now

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, including: * Goldsbrough Mort Woolstore,

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* Goldsbrough Mort Building, Rockhampton

Legacy

Goldsbrough Street in

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, is named after the company because they owned property there. It runs between Elder Place (named after Elders Ltd.) and Cantonment Street.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldsbrough Mort and Co Australian stock and station agencies Agriculture companies established in the 19th century Agriculture companies disestablished in the 20th century Australian companies established in 1888