Joseph John Green (1824 – 11 February 1903) founded a leather warehouse in Hindley Street, making boot uppers and supplying leather and grindery[a] to the bootmaking trade.
Green was employed at a leather factory before emigrating to South Australia on the barque Athenian, arriving in March 1849, one of 111 on board.
[2] He was employed in various capacities before striking out on his own in 1866[3] in the leather trade, with a workshop and warehouse at 75 Hindley Street, the first such in the colony.
In the early days of the Colony, Green took a leading role in the political association, which was agitating for responsible government and a State constitution, which led to the passing of the original Constitution Act.
In later years he was associated with numerous philanthropic associations, charitable institutions and civic associations: Green married Sarah Ellen Smith (c. 1831 – 17 April 1915) at Freeman Street Congregational Church on 30 November 1852.