Waltons (department store)

Waltons (department store)

Waltons' was an Australian department store chain, founded by Sir John Robert Walton. [ [http://www.dinkumaussies.com/COMMERCE%2FSir%20John%20Walton.htm COMMERCE - Sir John Walton ] ]

History

Walton bought a menswear store in 1951, located in George St, Sydney, opposite the Queen Victoria Building and Sydney Town Hall and close to Town Hall railway station.

In 1955, he formed an alliance with the American retail giant Sears and Roebuck. In the early 1960s he formed a finance company in partnership with Citibank, and also moved into insurance. [ [http://www.dinkumaussies.com/COMMERCE%2FSir%20John%20Walton.htm Dinkum Aussies] ]

With the changes in the retail scene in Australia in the 1960s Waltons Limited bought out Marcus Clark & Co., [ [http://www.brushtail.com.au/ost_v0606/railway_square_1913.html Railway Square] ] and then took over the famous Anthony Hordern & Sons Palace Emporium and promptly closed it down. Next they acquired McDowell's Holding Ltd in 1971, the owners of McDowell's department stores. By 1972, the Waltons chain had expanded to 96 department stores before Walton retired as executive chairman. Sir John severed his ties with the company in 1976, when his son John took over. Waltons Ltd., was sold to Alan Bond in 1981. The Waltons name disappeared when Bond sold the company in 1987.

The flagship Waltons department store in George Street, Sydney, was demolished and replaced by the Citibank office tower which includes the Galeries Victoria retail space.

tore Locations

Australian Capital Territory

* Canberra City (acquired from Marcus Clark)

New South Wales

* Armidale (acquired from Marcus Clark)
* Auburn (Homewares only)
* Bankstown
* Blacktown (opened 1973)
* Bondi Junction
* Burwood (opened 1978)
* Caringbah (acquired from McDowells)
* Chatswood (opened 1958, Homewares only)
* Coffs Harbour
* Dee Why (acquired from McDowells)
* Dubbo (opened 1958)
* Eastwood (acquired from McDowells)
* Engadine (Homewares only)
* Fairfield Apprently this store was burnt down in 1983
* Forbes (acquired from Marcus Clark)
* Gosford (upgraded from a homewares store 1979 - located in Markettown SC)
* Goulburn (acquired from Marcus Clark)
* Grafton
* Gunnedah (acquired from Marcus Clark)
* Hornsby (acquired from McDowells)
* Hurstville (opened in Westfield 1978)
* Inverell (acquired from Marcus Clark)
* Lismore (acquired from Marcus Clark)
* Lithgow (acquired from Marcus Clark)
* Liverpool(opened 1972)
* Maitland
* Manly (Homewares only)
* Newcastle(acquired from Marcus Clark)
* Newtown
* Orange (acquired from Marcus Clark)
* Parramatta (opened 1975)
* Penrith
* Rockdale
* Summer Hill
* Sydney City - Cnr George St & Park St (Town Hall)
* Tamworth (acquired from Marcus Clarke)
* Taree
* Wagga Wagga (acquired from Marcus Clarke)
* West Ryde (acquired from Anthony Horderns)
* Wollongong (acquired from Marcus Clark)

Queensland

* Brisbane City (acquired Overalls in 1956)
* Fortitude Valley, Queensland
* Everton Park, Queensland
* Mount Gravatt East, Queensland (closed 1987)
* Cannon Hill, Queensland
* Palm Beach, Queensland (opened 1984)
* Southport, Queensland
* Toowoomba, Queensland

References


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