Swiss-born horologist Jacques Albert (1 January 1850 – 9 July 1914) migrated to Rockhampton and then Sydney in December 1884 with his wife Sophie (d. 1890) and their two children.
[2] From 1890 Jacques began importing and selling a wider range of musical instruments,[3] which included a Boomerang mouth organ.
[4] By 1902 J. Albert & Son diversified into music retail and publishing, opening a shop front in King Street, Sydney.
Later the company struck deals with American and British music publishers, purchasing the copyright for songwriters: Irving Berlin and George Gershwin.
[3] Frank was also a founding member and director of the Australian Broadcasting Company, which ran the Commonwealth Government's eight national radio stations.
[5] In 1904 Alberts began publishing the Boomerang Songster, a series of spasmodically issued booklets containing the lyrics of popular songs.
[10] In 2007 Albert Music acquired the Origin Network Company which manage the copyrighted work and music catalogues of the Australian recording artists Lee Kernaghan, Richard Clapton, Rogue Traders, Mike Brady, Paul Grabowsky, Joe Dolce, Chris Neal and Cezary Skubiszewski.