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| Title : | Newspaper cuttings |
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| Creator : | Young and Gordon Limited | ||
| Source : | BRG 209/38 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1884-1980 | ||
| Format : | Ephemera | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Newspaper clippings from the Gordon and Young business records held at the State Library of South Australia A selection of advertisments and newspaper clippings from the Young and Gordon record group held at the State Library. These clippings consist of advertisements and a supplement which appeared in the Transcontinental newspaper in September 1927 celebrating Gordon and Young's diamond jubilee. Thomas Young opened a business in 1867 in partnership with F. Bignell: this would eventually become the largest store in country South Australia. Following Bignell's retiement in 1881 Robert Gordon became Young's partner and the firm of Young and Gordon began expanding, despite the late 19th century depression and wide-spread drought. In 1892 Young and Gordon bought the firm of Tassie, Scott & Co., and entered the wool export trade. Branches were subsequently opened in Iron Knob, Weedina, Mount Gunson and Sliding Rock. The business was finally sold in 1980. |
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| Related names : | Young, Thomas, 1844-1913 Gordon, Robert |
| Place : | Port Augusta |
| Further reading : | Anderson, R. J. Solid town: the history of Port Augusta [Port Augusta, S. Aust.]: R.J. Anderson, 1988 Branson, V. M. Port Augusta sketchbook, drawings by Rex Millsteed Adelaide: Rigby, 1977 |
| Internet links : | Wadlata Outback Centre: History of Region. Port Augusta yesterday and today |
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