| Goldsbrough Mort & Co | |
| Industry: | Agriculture |
| Fate: | Merged with Elder Smith & Co |
| Predecessors: | R Goldsbrough & Co Mort & Co |
| Successor: | Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd (now Elders Limited) |
| Founders: | Thomas Sutcliffe Mort Richard Goldsbrough |
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Goldsbrough Mort & Co was an Australian agricultural business.
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.
In 1962 Goldsbrough, Mort & Co merged with Elder Smith & Co to form Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd.[3]
In 1981 Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd merged with Henry Jones IXL to form Elders IXL which today trades as Elders Limited.[4]
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:
Goldsbrough Street in Fremantle, Western Australia, is named after the company because they owned property there. It runs between Elder Place (named after Elders Ltd.) and Cantonment Street.