Name: Watson & Ferguson
Time: 1875 - Current
Epoch: Late 19th Century
Category: Scholarly Publisher
Institution Category: Informing
Institution Group: Public Community Education
Coordinates: -27.4693616666667, 153.024111666667
Street Address: Watson & Ferguson (Messrs. Watson, Ferguson, and Co.), Adelaide Street, Brisbane City
Suburb: Brisbane City (CBD)
Sector: Commercial
Local Study Area: Spring Hill-CBD-Fortitude Valley-New Farm (Inner City)
Study Stage: MBNH Stage 9 Local Study Areas
Watson & Ferguson began as the printing business started by William Gowans in 1868, in Brisbane. The Company was formed by the partnership of John Watson and James Ferguson in 1871. In 1882, the Company built a four-storey building designed by Richard Gailey on the site of the original Supreme Court. The Company’s first store was at 69 Queen Street. In 1909, the Company commenced subscription and circulating library services from their Queen Street premises. In 1914, the business built a large printery and bookbinding factory on the corner of Glenelg and Stanley Streets with the assistance of the Municipality of South Brisbane.
Geographic Description 1: Inside The Green Belt
Geographic Description 2: Brisbane River
Geographic Description 3: Flood Plains (Major); High River Banks (still floods); Ridgeline (Slopes off Wickham Tce)
“Who we are”, Watson Ferguson and Company Website Retrieved on 18 January 2019.
Watson & Ferguson. Copyright Dan Kelly. All rights reserved. [https://www.wfco.com.au/our-history.html]
