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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AUS Melbourne, Central Business District, Flinders Street 031
Photo: -wuppertaler, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

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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