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Divisions. Hordern's Homeworld (Brickfield Hill, 1966–1970) 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 ...
Anthony Hordern & Sons was arguably Australia's largest retailer from the late 19th through to the mid-20th century. Few companies in Sydney or Australia could match the size of Hordern's business: the scale of its stores, variety of stock and services, diversity of manufacturing enterprises and number of employees.
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The Hordern dynasty. Anthony Hordern & Sons was one of Sydney’s biggest retail companies for almost a century. This family-run business had its beginnings in a small drapery shop opened in 1823 by Mrs Ann Hordern, who migrated to Australia from London with her husband, Anthony Hordern. The family moved to Melbourne about 15 years later, but ...
Outline. The Hordern family first came to prominence in Sydney as merchants and retailers with the establishment of Anthony Hordern & Sons, and then gained notability in rural pursuits, stockbreeding, stockbroking, fashion, cricket and parliament.
Anthony Hordern & Sons was the largest department store in Sydney. With 52 acres (21 hectares) of retail space, Anthony Hordern's was also once the largest department store in the world. The business was originally established by a free immigrant from England, Anthony Hordern, in 1823, as a drapery shop.
By 1869, Anthony II’s sons, Anthony III and Samuel had joined the firm to create Anthony Hordern & Sons. In 1865, Anthony II commissioned architect Edmund Blacket to design a villa for himself and his family in Darling Point. Retford Hall was named after Ann Hordern’s birthplace in England.
Anthony Hordern & Sons The mind-boggling array of goods available for sale at the Anthony Hordern pavilion during the 1907 Easter Show – had to be seen to be believed. Prominently placed near the entrance gates to the Moore Park showground since its opening in 1899, the impressive pavilion provided an instant shoppers paradise for town and ...
