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Griffiths Brothers Teas
Griffiths Brothers Teas, also known as Griffiths Teas, and as a public company, Griffiths Brothers Limited, was an Australian tea, coffee and cocoa merchant. It was established in Melbourne, but subsequently expanded to also operate in Sydney, Brisbane, and Adelaide. It was known for its distinctive advertising signs along railway lines, showing the remaining distance in 'miles to Griffiths Bros. Teas'. History Origins James Griffiths (1850—1925) had been a general storekeeper in Wolverhampton, England, before he emigrated to Melbourne in 1873, 1875 or 1879 (sources vary on the year). He initially became involved in the timber business. In the early 1880s, Australians were, per capita, the largest consumers of tea in the world, reportedly consuming annually 6.61 Pound (mass), pounds of tea per head. James Griffiths began importing, tea, coffee, and cocoa, in bulk, and locally packaging and distributing those products. He persuaded his brother John to emigrate and joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffiths Brothers Teas Sign (low Res Image)
Griffiths is a surname with Welsh people, Welsh origins, as in Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr. People named Griffiths include: * Alan Griffiths (born 1952), Australian politician and businessman * Alan Griffiths (cricketer) (born 1957), English cricketer * Albert Griffiths (trade unionist), Albert Griffiths (1908–1970), British trade unionist * Andrew Griffiths (other), several people * Anne Griffiths (1932–2017), personal archivist of the Duke of Edinburgh * Antony Griffiths (born 1951), British museum curator and art historian * Barri Griffiths (born 1982), Welsh professional wrestler and former ''Gladiators'' competitor * Barry Griffiths (Australian footballer) (born 1929), Australian rules footballer * Barry Griffiths (footballer, born 1940), association football goalkeeper * Bede Griffiths (1906–1993), British-born monk and missionary in India * Brian Griffiths, Baron Griffiths of Fforestfach (born 1941), British economist * Bryn Griffiths (born 1982), Welsh rugby un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. It shares a maritime border with the Maldives in the southwest and India in the northwest. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the legislative capital of Sri Lanka, while the largest city, Colombo, is the administrative and judicial capital which is the nation's political, financial and cultural centre. Kandy is the second-largest urban area and also the capital of the last native kingdom of Sri Lanka. The most spoken language Sinhala language, Sinhala, is spoken by the majority of the population (approximately 17 million). Tamil language, Tamil is also spoken by approximately five million people, making it the second most-spoken language in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has a population of appr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The News (Adelaide)
''The News'' was an afternoon daily tabloid newspaper in the city of Adelaide, South Australia, that had its origins in 1869, and ceased circulation in 1992. Through much of the 20th century, '' The Advertiser'' was Adelaide's morning broadsheet, ''The News'' the afternoon tabloid, with '' The Sunday Mail'' covering weekend sport, and '' Messenger Newspapers'' community news. Its former names were ''The Evening Journal'' (1869–1912) and ''The Journal'' (1912–1923), with the Saturday edition called ''The Saturday Journal'' until 1929. History ''The Evening Journal'' ''The News'' began as ''The Evening Journal'', witVol. I No. Iissued on 2 January 1869. From 11 September 1912Vol. XLVI No. 12,906, it was renamed ''The Journal.'' News Limited was established in 1923 by James Edward Davidson, when he purchased the Broken Hill '' Barrier Miner'' and the Port Pirie '' Recorder''. He then went on to purchase ''The Journal'' and Adelaide's weekly sports-focussed ''Mail'' in May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gawler Place
Gawler Place is a single-lane thoroughfare in the city centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. Somewhat narrower than other busy streets in the Central Business District, it runs north to south from North Terrace to Wakefield Street, parallel to and approximately midway between King William and Pulteney streets. History Before 1904, the lanes that now make up Gawler Place included Rundle Place (North Terrace to Rundle Street, now Rundle Mall), Gawler Place (Rundle to Grenfell Street) and Freeman Street (Grenfell to Wakefield Street), in addition to Gawler Place. The Adelaide City Council announced a planned upgrade to the thoroughfare in 2017. Undertaken in 2019, the upgrade included new footpath and road surfaces, lighting, seating and spaces for socialising. Historic buildings Several historic buildings are situated in Gawler Place, including Gawler Chambers (188 North Terrace, corner of North Terrace and Gawler Place), the Oriental Hotel (42–50 Gawler Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chronicle (Adelaide)
''The Chronicle'' was a South Australian weekly newspaper, printed from 1858 to 1975, which evolved through a series of titles. It was printed by the publishers of ''The Advertiser (Adelaide), The Advertiser'', its content consisting largely of reprints of articles and Births, Marriages and Deaths columns from the parent newspaper. Its target demographic was country areas where mail delivery was infrequent and businesses that serviced those areas. History ''South Australian Weekly Chronicle'' When ''The Advertiser (Adelaide)#The South Australian Advertiser, The South Australian Advertiser'' was first published, on 12 July 1858, the editor and managing director John H. Barrow also announced the ''South Australian Weekly Chronicle'', which published on Saturdays. ''South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail'' On 4 January 1868, with the installation of a new steam press, the size of the paper doubled to four sheets, or sixteen pages and changed its banner to ''The South Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rundle Street
Rundle Street, often referred to as "Rundle Street East" as distinct from Rundle Mall, is a street in the East End of the city centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs from Pulteney Street to East Terrace, where it becomes Rundle Road through the East Park Lands. The street is close to Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Rundle Park, Rymill Park, Hindmarsh Square and North Terrace. The street contains numerous cafés, restaurants, shops, cinemas, clubs, and hotels. It is one of Adelaide's most popular streets for cafés and fashion. Most of the street has a heritage façade, but has been redeveloped for modern use, with some buildings converted to residences, such as the East End Markets. Junction list and description Bent Street and Union Street run through to Grenfell Street on the southern side, Ebenezer Place runs south leading to a pedestrianised precinct and turns westwards into Union Street, while the cul de sac Synagogue Place, and pedestrianised Vau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Budden
Henry "Harry" Ebenezer Budden (11 August 1871 – 25 December 1944) was a Sulman Award winning Australians, Australian architect active in the first 40 years of the 20th century. His work encompassed the styles of the Australian architectural styles, Federation Arts and Crafts and Bungalow through to the Australian architectural styles, Inter-War Stripped Classical and Art Deco. He was a leader of his profession and in the wider community, serving as the first Australian War Chest Commissioner during World War I. Family and early life Budden was born in Rockley, New South Wales, the son of Sarah Hale (née Stanger) and Arthur Budden. His mother's family were flour millers and his father was a bank manager and store keeper who was born in Braintree, Essex, England. The Budden and Stanger families were active and committed members of the Congregational church, Congregational Church. Bathurst, New South Wales, Bathurst is the nearest major town to Rockley and Budden travelled t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surry Hills
Surry Hills is an Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), inner-east suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Surry Hills is immediately south-east of the Sydney central business district in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Sydney. Surry Hills is surrounded by the suburbs of Darlinghurst to the north, Chippendale, New South Wales, Chippendale and Haymarket, New South Wales, Haymarket to the west, Moore Park, New South Wales, Moore Park and Paddington, New South Wales, Paddington to the east and Redfern, New South Wales, Redfern to the south. It is often colloquially referred to as "Surry". It is bordered by Elizabeth Street, Sydney, Elizabeth Street and Chalmers Street to the west, Cleveland Street, Sydney, Cleveland Street to the south, South Dowling Street to the east, and Oxford Street, Sydney, Oxford Street to the north. Crown Street, Sydney, Crown Street is a main thoroughfare through the suburb with numerous restaurants, pubs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and claims to be the most widely read masthead in the country. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The newspaper is published in compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, '' The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an online site and app, seven days a week. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including the magazines ''Good Weekend'' (included in the Saturday editi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Display Window
A display window, also a shop window (British English) or store window (American English), is a window in a shop displaying items for sale or otherwise designed to attract customers to the store. Usually, the term refers to larger windows in the front façade of the shop. History The first display windows in shops were installed in the late 18th century in London, where levels of conspicuous consumption were growing rapidly. Retailer Francis Place was one of the first to experiment with this new retailing method at his tailoring establishment in Charing Cross, where he fitted the shop-front with large plate glass windows. Although this was condemned by many, he defended his practice in his memoirs, claiming that he "sold from the window more goods...than paid journeymen's wages and the expenses of housekeeping. Display windows at boutiques usually have dressed-up mannequins in them. Window dressing Displaying merchandise in a store window is known as window dressing, which is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Town Hall
The Sydney Town Hall is a late 19th-century heritage-listed town hall building in the city of Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales, Australia, housing the chambers of the Lord Mayor of Sydney, council offices, and venues for meetings and functions. It is located at 483 George Street, in the Sydney central business district opposite the Queen Victoria Building and alongside St Andrew's Cathedral. Sited above the Town Hall station and between the city shopping and entertainment precincts, the steps of the Town Hall are a popular meeting place. It was designed by John H. Wilson, Edward Bell, Albert Bond, Thomas Sapsford, John Hennessy and George McRae and built from 1869 to 1889 by Kelly and McLeod, Smith and Bennett, McLeod and Noble, J. Stewart and Co. It is also known as Town Hall, Centennial Hall, Main Hall, Peace Hall, Great Hall and Old Burial Ground. The Town Hall is listed on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate and the New South Wales State Heritage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Street, Sydney
George Street is a street in the Sydney central business district, central business district of Sydney. It was Sydney's original high street, and remains one of the busiest streets in the city centre. It connects a number of the city's most important buildings and precincts. There are more high rise buildings here than on any other street in Australia. Amongst Australia's Australian Securities Exchange#Market indices, 100 largest listed companies, more are located here than on any other street. The street begins in the north end of Sydney in The Rocks, New South Wales, The Rocks, near the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and extends to the southern end of the city, near Central railway station, Sydney, Central Station and Ultimo, New South Wales, Ultimo, where it leads into Railway Square. From here Broadway, New South Wales, Broadway is the continuation of George Street turning westwards, leading to the western suburbs as Parramatta Road. History The origins of George Street lie in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
