Michelmore's Warehouse, Mackay
After the Cyclone of 1918, showing the Wharves, the Leichhardt Tree and Michelmore's Warehouse [John Oxley Library neg. 5322]
In January 1891, J. Michelmore and Co. began business as wholesale merchants in Victoria Street, later diversifying into other areas. They owned the Victoria Hotel, and also had wine and spirits agencies. A description during the 1918 cyclone declares that one of the sights of the town "was a heterogenous collection of goods, including hogsheads and large cases, which were washed from the river front stores of Messrs. Michelmore and Co."
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, 29 January 1918, p.7
When in 1983 a new levee bank was constructed, the landmark Michelmore's Warehouse was the first building to be demolished. It had been erected in 1911 by Vic Phillips, a well known Mackay builder.
Daily Mercury, 19 November 1983, p.7
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