Bateman Hardware
| Industry | Hardware |
|---|---|
| Founded | Fremantle (1834) |
| Founder | John Bateman |
Area served | Western Australia |
Key people | John Bateman John Wesley Bateman Walter Bateman |
Bateman Hardware was the earliest hardware shop established in Western Australia (and the second-oldest commercial enterprise of any sort),[1] and until its demise in the 1980s was the longest-running.
The business was founded by John Bateman in 1834 on property that he bought in the second round of land sales in the nascent Swan River Colony.[1] This land on Henry Street was to be the home of J. & W. Bateman Ltd. for the next 150 years. Initially it was a shipping and warehousing business (including lighterage and river transport), and 1840 is given (in a 1951 company prospectus) as the "early start of trading, with the help of his young sons, John and Walter".[1] The first items was sold in 1834 and it belonged to the 2mplements valued at £55" he shipped into the English navy Mdina (with his numerous family).[2]
In 1895 the company built a new warehouse and office building (the Union Stores Building[3]) on the corner of High and Henry Streets.[4] This extended 120 feet (37 m) along High Street and 104 feet (32 m) along Henry Street. It was designed by local architect Herbert Nathaniel Davis.
Two octagonal parts were converted to a Gambles Store and then sold to the local Salida Museum. Made of wood and with "a total of 80 small parts drawers...engraved with stencils depicting part names and sizes found within."[5]
Notes
- ^ a b c Henderson, Charles W. (1981), The Bateman hardware enterprise in Western Australia, retrieved 18 March 2014
- ^ "Foundation years, 1830 to 1837". The Bateman hardware enterprise in Western Australia. p. 5. Archived from the original on 6 October 2020.
- ^ Garry Gillard (11 February 2016). "Fremantle Stuff > People > Herbert Nathaniel Davis". Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ "NEW BUILDINGS AT FREMANTLE". The West Australian. Vol. 11, no. 2, 887. Western Australia. 20 May 1895. p. 5. Retrieved 20 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Salida Museum Website Grows" (PDF). Salida Museum Association Newsleter: 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2015.
Further reading
- Henderson, Charles W. (1981). The Bateman hardware enterprise in Western Australia.
- "Former Batemans's warehouse, 34 Mouat Street".
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