Anthony Hordern & Sons
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Anthony Hordern & Sons was a major department store in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. With 52 acres (21 hectares) of retail space, Anthony Hordern's was once the largest department store in the world. The historic Anthony Hordern building, which was located on a block bounded by George Street, Liverpool, Pitt and Goulburn Streets, on what was a small hill called Brickfield Hill in the Sydney central business district, was controversially demolished in 1986, to make way for the World Square development.
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Company type | Public company |
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Anthony Hordern's (1823–1966) Hordern's (1966–1973) | |
Industry | Retail |
Founded | 1823; 201 years ago (1823) |
Founder | Anthony Hordern |
Defunct | February 1973; 51 years ago (February 1973) |
Fate | Acquired by Waltons |
Headquarters | , Australia |
Number of locations | Brickfield Hill (1905–1966, Horderns HomeWorld from 1966 to 1970) Mid City Pitt Street (1963–1973 – serving as the company's flagship store, leaving the Brickfield Hill store to deal with homewares only from July 1966 – a former Hordern Bros. store) Canberra (1956–1963) Wollongong (1960–1972) Goulburn (1960–1970) West Ryde (1959–1969) |
Key people | Sir Samuel Hordern, Governing Director 1909–26 |
Products | Department Store |
Owner | Waltons (1969–1973) |
Divisions | Hordern's Homeworld (Brickfield Hill, 1966–1970) |
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