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Charles Davis Limited

Australian department store company

Charles Davis was a department store company established in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1847 and is one of Australia's oldest companies. It had several businesses across the surrounding states in industries such as manufacturing, boating including yachts and races and hardware and electrical equipment. The company was founded by Charles Davis, an Englishman who had been transported to the Tasmanian penal colony as a convict.2 It ceased to exist in 1984.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1847Founded1

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Hobart - Elizabeth Street - at Liverpool Street intersection shows Charles Davis store and Goldings corner (11279305173)
Photo: Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons3

Charles Davis was a department store company established in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1847 and is one of Australia's oldest companies. It had several businesses across the surrounding states in industries such as manufacturing, boating including yachts and races and hardware and electrical equipment.2

Timeline

  1. 1984Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1847Founded Founded1

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