Western Stores and Edgleys Ltd. was a group of department stores operating in Western and Central Western New South Wales in Australia.Bathurst District Historical Society Inc.
MEMBER’S NEWSLETTER
No 110 April – June 2017
https://www.bathursthistory.org.au/images/stories/newsletters/Newsletter-110.pdf
The companies were purchased by Farmers & Coy. of Sydney in the 1960s. Shortly after that, Farmers were purchased by Myer Emporium.
Locations (Not exhaustive)
Dubbo - head office Bathurst Canowindra (sold 1951) Carcoar (Enterprise Stores) Cessnock (Hustler's) Cowra (was Squire Pepper, acquired 1955) Crookwell (State Stores) Geurie (closed 1932) Gosford (Mortimer’s) Grafton (City Stores, now South Grafton Emporium) Grenfell Gilgandra Hill End (Great Western Stores) Lismore (Sam McLean’s Central Stores, later McLean's Brown & Jolly) Milton (H.C. Blackburn's 'The Popular' Store, closed 1973, now Wild Ivy, apple + arrow, and the town's newsagent) Molong (was L. A. Nancarrow, acquired 1938) Narromine (burnt down by fire in 1967, never rebuilt) Newcastle (Hustler's) Orange Parkes Penrith Singleton (Hustler's) Tamworth Trangie (sold 1951, became IGA and Thrifty-Link Hardware and now a Friendly Grocer and Local Liquor) Tweed Heads (Morley’s, acquired March 1959) Wellington (closed 25 January 1980, became Clancy's, now the town's main art gallery) West Maitland (Hustler's) Wongarbon (closed 1931)
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