the prosperous southern based pastoral house of goldsbrough, mort & co. ltd was established in melbourne , with branch offices thereafter opened at sydney and london. the goldsbrough mort building situated at 514-526 bourke street (corner william st.) melbourne, "is all that survives of a complex of distinctive stone woolstores and offices located in this area which comprised the goldsbrough empire and were the nucleus of one of the world's greatest wool broking firms".