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Roll of Honour - D & J Fowler Limited. 1914 - 1919

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Overview

Cast bronze Honour Roll of D & J Fowler Limited of London, Perth and Adelaide on supporting stand.

Historical information

D. & J. Fowler Ltd. was a wholesale grocery company in Adelaide, South Australia. It was founded as a retail establishment by David Fowler in 1854, before becoming a leading wholesale and indenting firm in the colony of South Australia. They were the creators and owners of the well-known Lion brand, which included confectionery, flour, coffee, canned fruit and other goods; "Lion" brand flour endures, under different ownership, today. The firm's interests and holdings were extensive, including the Adelaide Milling Company (purchased 1895), Adelaide Bottle Company (1912), the Robur Tea Company (1928), and others.
Branches were opened in Fremantle, where Fowler's Warehouse on Pakenham Street remains a local landmark, Broken Hill and Kalgoorlie. They acquired the dealership for Shell products and set up a shipping agency to handle not only their imports but exports of wool, wheat, meat, flour butter and other materials. D. & J. Fowler Ltd. was taken over by the Adelaide-based Southern Farmers Ltd in 1982/83.

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Registration number

cwa-org-32-53-253

Contextual Information

Three copies of this Roll were produce - one for each of the London, Adelaide and Fremantle offices. This example from the Fremantle offices is displayed in the Entrance gallery of the Australian Army museum of Western Australia.

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33 Pakenham Street

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