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Cawthorne's was a company founded in 1870 in Adelaide, South Australia by Charles Cawthorne and his father, which dealt in musical instruments, sheet music and recordings, and acted as concert promoters. ==History== In 1876, William Anderson Cawthorne and son Charles, as W. A. Cawthorne & Co., were book sellers operating from Morphett Street, Adelaide, and were publishing the ''Australian Handbook''. They moved to Waymouth Street, then by 1877 they had premises at 1–3 Franklin Street, "Cawthorne Chambers", adjacent to the G.P.O., and in March 1882 started carrying sheet music and violin strings. and a year later materials for amateur dramatics. In 1884 they opened in the new Y.M.C.A. building at Gawler Place, and by 1885 Cawthorne & Co. was acting as a booking agent for concerts. They retained the Franklin Street shop as a branch office until the Cyclorama Building (later West's picture theatre, 91 Hindley Street) opened, and the second shop moved there. Later the Gawler place premises were enlarged considerably and the Hindley street business closed. In 1911 Cawthorne's moved to 17 Rundle street and in 1924 those premises were demolished, and an up-to-date music warehouse was built. Around this time, three of Charles's four sons – Gus, Cyril and Frank – became involved in the company. In 1924 a new company "Cawthorne's Limited" was formed, with £20,000 capital, to take over the business and assets of Cawthorne & Co. Its first directors were Charles Witto-witto Cawthorne, Augustus Eckersley Cawthorne, Cyril Cawthorne, Frank Roy Cawthorne and William Miller. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cawthorne and Co」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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