Goldsbrough Mort & Co.

Goldsbrough Mort & Co. was an Australian agricultural business.

Goldsbrough Mort & Co.

Industry	Agriculture
Predecessors	R Goldsbrough & Co Mort & Co.
Founded	1888; 137 years ago (1888)
Founders	Thomas Sutcliffe Mort Richard Goldsbrough
Defunct	1962 (1962)
Fate	Merged with Elder Smith & Co
Successor	Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd (now Elders Limited)

History

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.^[1]

In 1962 Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. merged with Elder Smith & Co. to form Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd.^[1][3]

In 1981 Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd merged with Henry Jones IXL to form Elders IXL which today trades as Elders Limited.^[1][4]

Notable buildings

Goldsbrough Mort Building in King William Street, Adelaide, decorated for State centenary, 1936

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 Mort Woolstore, Brisbane
• Goldsbrough Mort Building, Rockhampton

Legacy

Goldsbrough Street in Fremantle, Western Australia, is named after the company because they owned property there.^[6] It runs between Elder Place (named after Elders Ltd.) and Cantonment Street.