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Cameron Bros
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- Cameron Bros (Firm)
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Dates of existence
1864-1991
History
Cameron Bros was a leading Brisbane real estate agency and property management firm. In its original form, the company was controlled by licensed auctioneer John Cameron, who created the firm under his own name in 1866 following the economic depression of that year. Cameron is credited with introducing land subdivision to Brisbane. When he retired in 1887, control of the business passed to his sons, John, Waverley and Stuart, who commenced trading under the name Cameron Bros.
Over the decades the firm's clients included many of the city's most prominent property owners. One of their clients was the Mayne family, whose properties included the heritage -listed Brisbane Arcade and the Regent Theatre. They also organised the transfer of land in St. Lucia to the University of Queensland on behalf of the Mayne family.
In 1991, the partnership of Cameron Bros, then under the control of David, Richard and John Cameron, was dissolved. From that date, the business name of Cameron Bros continued under the control of Dascam Pty Ltd until it was dissolved in 2006.
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Revised
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Minimal
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised, JR, 28-May-2020
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Sources
The Telegraph, 24 March 1902, p.5.
The Week, 28 March 1902, p.23.
The Brisbane Courier, 30 June 1902, p.7.
Supreme Court of Queensland, MAM Mortgages Ltd (in Liq) & Anor v Cameron Bros & Ors; Piesse Investments P/L v W R Mortgage Services P/L & Ors [2002] QCA 330.