Private company
Ball & Welch
Department store in Melbourne, Australia
Ball & Welch Pty Ltd was a prominent department store in Melbourne, Australia from the 19th century through to the 1970s. In its heyday, the Ball & Welch department store was Melbourne's leading family draper, its A to Z departments including gloves, umbrellas and handkerchiefs, mantles, furniture, mercery, millinery, furs and corsets.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Ball & Welch Pty Ltd was a prominent department store in Melbourne, Australia from the 19th century through to the 1970s. In its heyday, the Ball & Welch department store was Melbourne's leading family draper, its A to Z departments including gloves, umbrellas and handkerchiefs, mantles, furniture, mercery, millinery, furs and corsets.2
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- 3Wikimedia CommonsBall & Welch photo by -wuppertaler, CC BY 4.0