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Current region | Australia |
Place of origin | Retford, Nottinghamshire, England |
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The Hordern family is an Australian retailing dynasty.
The Hordern family first came to prominence in Sydney as merchants and retailers with the establishment of Anthony Hordern & Sons, [1] and then gained notability in rural pursuits, stockbreeding, stockbroking, fashion, cricket and parliament. The Hordern name is still seen in Sydney through the naming of the Hordern Pavilion, Hordern Towers within World Square and the Hordern Fountain in memory of Samuel Hordern, in the Sydney suburb of Pyrmont.
The Australian Dictionary of Biography has articles on the following members of the Hordern family:
As wealthy merchants and graziers, members of the extended Hordern family owned and built many important, and now heritage-listed, homes in Sydney and the NSW Southern Highlands. Family homes often carried names such as "Retford" celebrating the Hordern family links to Retford in Nottinghamshire, England, and "Stramshall", the birthplace of Anthony Hordern. Major dwellings are:
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Sir Samuel Hordern was an Australian businessman, animal breeder and philanthropist. Born into the prominent Sydney trading family, Hordern directed the family company of Anthony Hordern & Sons from 1909 to 1926.
Anthony Hordern & Sons was a major department store in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. With 52 acres 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 George Street, Liverpool, Pitt and Goulburn Streets, on what was a small hill called Brickfield Hill in the Sydney central business district, was controversially demolished in 1986, to make way for the World Square development.
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