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Leviathan

Australian clothing company

Leviathan is an Australian clothing brand established by 1865 at 68 Bourke Street East in Melbourne, Victoria, by Leviathan Clothing Industry, which began its activities as garments manufacturer for transoceanic crews.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1909Founded1
Leviathan building bourke street melbourne
Photo: Biatch at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Leviathan is an Australian clothing brand established by 1865 at 68 Bourke Street East in Melbourne, Victoria, by Leviathan Clothing Industry, which began its activities as garments manufacturer for transoceanic crews. Its headquarters, the Leviathan Building, on the prominent Melbourne corner of Bourke Street and Swanston Street, was designed and realized in 1912-13 by Bates, Pebbles & Smart, in an eclectic style with Beaux Arts form, but stylized classical elements, and Edwardian Baroque details, including the most prominent feature being over-scaled Mannerist scrolled brackets supporting a 2

Products and brands

  • clothing

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1909Founded Founded in Melbourne1

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