Bushell's was founded by Alfred Bushell in 1883, when he opened a tea shop in Queensland. His sons moved the enterprise to Sydney in 1899 and began selling tea commercially, founding Australia's first commercial tea seller.[1] A Bushell tea factory was set up in Harrington Street Sydney and a coffee roasting department at Atherton Place in The Rocks.[2]
Members of the Bushell family acquired the heritage-listed Sydney house, Carthona, in 1940.[3] In the 1980s the company diversified its coffee manufacturing under the Bushells Coffee brand.Шаблон:Fact
In 1998, as part of an acquisition of coffee brands from Unilever, FreshFood Services Pty Ltd purchased the Bushell's Coffee brand.[4] The tea brand still remains with Unilever. The coffee continues to be produced at the Concord factory. FreshFood also purchased the New Zealand division of Bushells Coffee.Шаблон:Fact
FreshFood, the owner and operator of the Bushell's Coffee Factory at 160 Burwood Road, Concord, has recently announced a long-term plan to close the existing factory. As of January 2018, planning is still in the early stages and the closure is at least 3-5 years away.[5]
↑Photographs of Bushell's Factory workers; and 'Kismet' (Phillip Bushell's home), 1936-1937, Arthur J. Brown, State Library of New South Wales, PXE 1554
