Western Stores

Western Stores and Edgleys Ltd. was a group of department stores operating in Western and Central Western New South Wales in Australia.^[1]

A Western Stores building, now Myer Dubbo, pictured in 2020.

The companies were purchased by Farmers & Coy. of Sydney in the 1960s. Shortly after that, Farmers were purchased by Myer Emporium.^[2][3]

Locations

(Not exhaustive)

• Dubbo - head office
• Bathurst
• Canowindra (sold 1951)
• Carcoar (Enterprise Stores)
• Cessnock
• Cowra (was Squire Pepper, acquired 1955)
• Crookwell (State Stores)
• Geurie (closed 1932)
• Gosford (Mortimer’s)
• Grafton (City Stores, now South Grafton Emporium)
• Grenfell
• Gilgandra
• Hill End (Great Western Stores)
• Lismore (Sam McLean’s Central Stores)
• Milton (H.C. Blackburn's 'The Popular' Store, now The Settlement Courtyard Cafe)
• Molong (was L. A. Nancarrow, acquired 1938)
• Narromine (burnt down by fire in 1967, never rebuilt)
• Newcastle
• Orange
• Parkes
• Penrith
• Singleton
• Tamworth
• Trangie (sold 1951, became IGA and Thrifty-Link Hardware and now a Friendly Grocer and Local Liquor)
• Tweed Heads (Morley’s, acquired March 1959)
• Wellington (closed 25th January 1980, became Clancy's, now the town's main art gallery)
• West Maitland
• Wongarbon (closed 1931)

References

1. Bathurst District Historical Society Inc. MEMBER’S NEWSLETTER No 110 April – June 2017 https://www.bathursthistory.org.au/images/stories/newsletters/Newsletter-110.pdf
2. McRae, Alan; Barlow, Nevil (2009). The Western Stores and Edgleys: Farmers Ltd-Western Stores, Myer-Western Stores and finally Grace Bros: a glimpse in time in Bathurst - & retailing in the bush. Bathurst, N.S.W: Alan McRae and Nevil Barlow. ISBN 978-1-921726-00-2.
3. "The Western Stores – Local Studies Central West Libraries". Retrieved 14 May 2023.