Goldsbrough Mort & Co.

Goldsbrough Mort & Co. was an Australian agricultural business.

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.
In 1847, Richard Goldsbrough founded a wool broking business in Melbourne.
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.
In 1981 Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd merged with Henry Jones IXL to form Elders IXL which today trades as Elders Limited.

Prominent South Australian architect F. Kenneth Milne designed a woolstore for Goldsborough Mort at Port Adelaide.
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 and Cantonment Street.