Fremantle Woolstores Explained
Elders Woolstores |
Alternate Names: | Fremantle Woolstores |
Address: | 38 Cantonment Street, 1 Goldsbrough Street |
Location Town: | Fremantle |
Start Date: | 1927 |
Embedded: | Embed: | yes | Designation1: | State Register of Heritage Places | Designation1 Type: | State Registered Place | Designation1 Date: | 20 July 2004 |
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Fremantle Woolstores were at least four large buildings on the southern side of Fremantle Harbour, in Fremantle, Western Australia.
They include:[1]
- Westralian Farmers
- Elder Smith and Co
- Goldsborough Mort
- Dalgety and Co
The larger two operations were Elders Woolstore and Dalgety Woolstore.[2] In 1955 Wesfarmers moved to new premises in South Fremantle.[3]
In time the various competitors combined activities such as the Wool Exchange in Norfolk Street, where Wesfarmers and Edler Smith Goldsborough Mort combined between 1984 and 1997.In the 1940s the Dalgety woolstore was used to store for sale, locally grown tobacco.[4]
The large woolstore buildings remained notable in the Fremantle landscape long after their wool storage facility was closed down.[5]
The Dalgety woolstore building has a Queen Victoria Street frontage. Elders woolstore nearby on Elder Place has become a heritage listed building.[6]
Notes and References
- See catalogue summary for amalgamation history of some of the major entities, in part -
- According to the 1928 news report Perth Wool Sale News: Trade and Finance . . XLIV . 8,230 . Western Australia . 1 November 1928 . 18 January 2017 . 15 . National Library of Australia.
- News: Contract Let . . X . 406 . Western Australia . 21 July 1955 . 19 April 2024 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
- News: Local Tobacco Sales . . 55 . 2,844 . Western Australia . 5 September 1940 . 18 January 2017 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
- News: Fremantle woolstores skatebaording site under development threat. 19 April 2024.
- https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070324130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34313/20070325-0000/register.heritage.wa.gov.au/PDF_Files/E+-+A-D/Elders+Wool+Stores+%2528I-AD%2529.pdf