Western Stores and Edgleys Ltd. was a group of Department store operating in Western and Central Western New South Wales in Australia.[Bathurst District Historical Society Inc.
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MEMBER’S NEWSLETTER
No 110 April – June 2017
https://www.bathursthistory.org.au/images/stories/newsletters/Newsletter-110.pdf
The companies were purchased by Farmers & Coy. of Sydney in the 1960s. Shortly after that, Farmers were purchased by Myer Emporium.
Locations
(Not exhaustive)
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Dubbo - head office
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Bathurst
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Canowindra (sold 1951)
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Carcoar (Enterprise Stores)
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Cessnock
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Cowra (was Squire Pepper, acquired 1955)
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Crookwell (State Stores)
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Geurie (closed 1932)
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Gosford (Mortimer’s)
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Grafton (City Stores, now South Grafton Emporium)
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Grenfell
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Gilgandra
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Hill End (Great Western Stores)
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Lismore (Sam McLean’s Central Stores, later McLean's Brown & Jolly)
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Milton (H.C. Blackburn's 'The Popular' Store, now The Settlement Courtyard Cafe)
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Molong (was L. A. Nancarrow, acquired 1938)
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Narromine (burnt down by fire in 1967, never rebuilt)
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Newcastle
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Orange
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Parkes
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Penrith
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Singleton
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Tamworth
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Trangie (sold 1951, became IGA and Thrifty-Link Hardware and now a Friendly Grocer and Local Liquor)
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Tweed Heads (Morley’s, acquired March 1959)
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Wellington (closed 25th January 1980, became Clancy's, now the town's main art gallery)
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West Maitland
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Wongarbon (closed 1931)
