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Melbourne's lost department stores

art deco department store
28 November 2019

Melbourne was once home to more than a dozen thriving department stories, but now only Myer and DJs remain.

Few tears are shed for Manton's, once Melbourne's favoured drapers, but seasoned shopaholics still lament the loss of Georges in 1995, and fondly remember its farewell sale of sales.

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