Richard Holmes arrived in Perth from Queensland around 1890 and by mid 1891 had entered into a partnership with John Cruickshank in Murray Street, Perth trading as wholesale grain and produce merchants. On the 1st December, 1892 this partnership was dissolved and Richard Holmes continued in that business at the Murray Street premises as a Merchant and Importer. His…
The premises at 411 Wellington Street, Perth was occupied by Ferstat Bros, fruiterer’s in 1908 and 1909. From 1910 to 1913 Hiram Hoffman was a fruiterer there and in 1914 he advertised as fruiterer and also wine saloon. Unexpectedly Hiram Hoffman was suddenly found deceased 16th January, 1914, whereupon Morris Hoffman is seen running the “Westralia Wine Saloon” at…
Robert Alexander Andrews was born in Queensland and is said to have arrived in Western Australia around the age of 20. He appears to have been a gardener in the Cuthbert region on the south coast of Western Australia from 1916 and later a contractor at nearby Marbelup before purchasing the deceased estate of Antone Rerecich in Ivanhoe Street,…
William Henry Jones was born at Salisbury, South Australia in 1865. He joined Tolley’s wine and spirits merchant company in Adelaide then progressed to Geraldton, Western Australia where he obtained a Publicans General Licence in October 1891. He took over the Geraldton Hotel in Gregory Street. In July 1895 and became a joint proprietor of the Freemasons Hotel on…
Isaac and Joseph Gunzburg were born in Moscow, Russia in the mid 1870’s and they migrated to Western Australia via Israel around 1893-1894. They established themselves in their trade as orchardists and fruiterer’s at Mardella south east of Perth, located between Mundijong and Serpentine. By 1904 they had established themselves in Perth. Joseph operated as a fruiterer at 384…
Henry (Harry) Boan arrived in Perth, Western Australia from Broken Hill, NSW around 1894 disillusioned by the union suppression of workers and that had impacted upon his business in Broken Hill. He had been conducting a retail business there and in Perth he set about creating a department store for every day people that survived right through till 1986….
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