G R Brown & Co - The Fashionable Tailor

The company of G R Brown and Co was stated as a ‘Very salubrious Establishment’ as this photo below will show. There seemd to be a great numbert of staff employed there and the building not only occupied the premesis as seen today in the ‘Burt Street Presinct’ but also a double story building to the left which is now sadly no longer there. I think this part would have been next to the beer garden of the Tatts Hotel is now.

G R Brown and Co in 1899

The Kalgoorlie Miner of the 24th Decemeber 1907 states:

MESSRS. G. R. BROWN. & CO.: Messrs. .Brown and Co., tailors and outfitters, have now achieved a reputation which demands vigilance and the very best work to maintain. The stock of clothes and material not made up is one of the best in the town, and since the premises have been enlarged, it bears favourable comparison with anything outside of Perth. The very large front space and windows are a credit to Boulder.

G R Brown & Co 2016

The business of G R Brown and Co still operates in St, BarrackPerth offering tailoring for ‘vintage’ clothes

Staff of G R Brown, Burt Street Boulder.

Advert G R Brown and Co, Sunday Sun, 18th Oct 1899

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My name is Moya Sharp, I live in Kalgoorlie Western Australia and have worked most of my adult life in the history/museum industry. I have been passionate about history for as long as I can remember and in particular the history of my adopted home the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Through my website I am committed to providing as many records and photographs free to any one who is interested in the family and local history of the region.

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