Western Stores and Edgleys Ltd. was a group of department stores operating in Western and Central Western New South Wales in Australia.
The companies were purchased by Farmers & Coy. of Sydney in the 1960s. Shortly after that, Farmers were purchased by Myer Emporium.
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 (MortimerâÂÂs)
- Grafton (City Stores, now South Grafton Emporium)
- Grenfell
- Gilgandra
- Hill End (Great Western Stores)
- Lismore (Sam McLeanâÂÂs Central Stores, later McLean's Brown & Jolly)
- 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 (MorleyâÂÂs, acquired March 1959)
- Wellington (closed 25 January 1980, became Clancy's, now the town's main art gallery)
- West Maitland
- Wongarbon (closed 1931)
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