Fremantle Woolstores
| Elders Woolstores | |
|---|---|
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| Alternative names | Fremantle Woolstores |
| General information | |
| Address | 38 Cantonment Street, 1 Goldsbrough Street |
| Town or city | Fremantle |
| Coordinates | 32°3′0.5″S 115°44′49.44″E / 32.050139°S 115.7470667°E |
| Construction started | 1927 |
| Type | State Registered Place |
| Designated | 20 July 2004 |
| Reference no. | 00852 |
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[2][3][4] and Dalgety Woolstore.[5][6] In 1955 Wesfarmers moved to new premises in South Fremantle.[7]
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.[8] In the 1940s the Dalgety woolstore was used to store for sale, locally grown tobacco.[9]
The large woolstore buildings remained notable in the Fremantle landscape long after their wool storage facility was closed down.[10]
The Dalgety woolstore building has a Queen Victoria Street frontage.[11] Elders woolstore nearby on Elder Place has become a heritage listed building.[12]
Notes[edit]
- ^ See catalogue summary for amalgamation history of some of the major entities, in part - Elder, Smith & Co (1907), Western Australian records, retrieved 18 January 2017
- ^ Western Australia. Government Photographer (1957), Elders Ltd, wool industry in Fremantle, retrieved 18 January 2017
- ^ Western Australia. Government Photographer (1900), Elders Wool Store, Fremantle, retrieved 18 January 2017
- ^ Aerial Surveys Australia; HRRC (1968), Aerial photographs of the Elders-G.M. Woolstores, Fremantle, 22 Nov. 1968, retrieved 18 January 2017
- ^ Illustrations Ltd (1927), Dalgetys Wool Store, Fremantle, retrieved 18 January 2017
- ^ According to the 1928 news report Perth Wool Sale "Trade and Finance". The West Australian. Vol. XLIV, no. 8, 230. Western Australia. 1 November 1928. p. 15. Retrieved 18 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Contract Let". The Southern Cross News. Vol. X, no. 406. Western Australia. 21 July 1955. p. 2. Retrieved 19 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Australian Wool Handlers (1953), Records, retrieved 18 January 2017
- ^ "Local Tobacco Sales". Western Mail. Vol. 55, no. 2, 844. Western Australia. 5 September 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 18 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Fremantle woolstores skatebaording site under development threat". Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ Illustrations Ltd (1958), Dalgety's Woolstores, Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle, 3 December 1958, retrieved 18 January 2017
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