Blundstone Footwear

John Blundstone worked as a coachbuilder until 1870, when he began importing footwear from England later manufacturing boots in Hobart's Liverpool Street.

Blundstone & Co.[2] Both companies initially prospered, but at the turn of the century, they found themselves in financial difficulty.

It was owned by Sir Harold Cuthbertson until his death, and was passed onto his heirs and daughters, Anne Routley and Helen Dickinson, who run it to this day.

[3] Its company directors are Helen Dickinson, Anne Routley, Stephen Gunn and Damian Bugg.

[6] However, Blundstone planned to continue to make 200,000 pairs of footwear at the Tasmanian factory each year,[7] most likely gumboots.