Summary

The company was registered in Victoria on 21 March 1919 and took over the wholesale of soft goods business of the English company of the same name which had been formed in 1898. The origins of the English company date back to 1866 when the partnership between Warne and Webster was established in Melbourne with Robert Reid joining in 1874. The company successfully traded with its two main subsidiaries, Hustlers Pty Ltd (Inc. NSW) and Robert Reid & Co Ltd (Inc. England) until October 1957, when it merged with David Murray Holdings Ltd (Adelaide) forming Reid Murray Holdings Ltd. The latter company was liquidated in 1963 but Robert Reid kept going as its only trading subsidiary until 1966 when it was bought by Ralli Australia Pty Ltd and merged with Paterson, Laing & Bruce Ltd into Paterson, Reid & Bruce Ltd.

Associated companies: Paterson, Laing & Bruce Ltd, Paterson, Reid & Bruce Ltd.

Related entries

Timeline

 1919 - 1966 Robert Reid & Company Limited
       1966 - Paterson, Reid and Bruce Limited

Archival resources

Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour)

• Robert Reid & Company Limited records, 1879 - 1972, 81, 143, N29 (part) & Z229; Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Australian National University, (formerly Archives of Business and Labour). Details