Hardy Brothers

Hardy Brothers is a specialty retailer and private company of fine jewellery, timepieces and decorative arts in Australia.

[2] It is the only Australian jewellery business to hold a royal warrant and since 1980 until has produced the Melbourne Cup.

[4] In 1855, the business moved to Hunter Street, Sydney, NSW and remained there until 1935.

[5] In 1894, the business expanded to Queensland with the opening of a store in Queen Street, Brisbane (now heritage-listed as the Hardy Brothers Building).

Wallace Bishop is a family owned jewellery company established in 1917 and now run by the fourth generation.

Former Hardy Brothers Building, Queen Street, Brisbane, 2014
Crown of Tonga made by the Hardy Brothers in 1873, as worn by King Tupou VI at his coronation (2015)
Top hat from Hardy Brothers.
The Collins Street Melbourne Store