Dr Jackie Dickenson

Labour historian, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

Arts & Culture

When department stores were more than just stores

Australia’s Foy & Gibson department store once dominated Melbourne, with showrooms, factories and warehouses spread over 500,000 square feet, and while it no longer exists, its legacy lives on

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