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An 1870 photo of Morris’ General Store, in Swansea, Tasmania. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS.
1/17An 1870 photo of Morris’ General Store, in Swansea, Tasmania. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS.
The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS.
2/17The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS.
The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS.
3/17The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS.
The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS.
4/17The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS.
Mr Bayles and son Basil in their sulky outside the General Store in Swansea, Tasmania. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS
5/17Mr Bayles and son Basil in their sulky outside the General Store in Swansea, Tasmania. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS
Morris’ General Store in Swansea, Tasmania, photographed around 1930. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS
6/17Morris’ General Store in Swansea, Tasmania, photographed around 1930. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS
Bill Carpenter, Syd Kean and Frank Dilger in the horse-drawn cart outside Morris’ General Store in Swansea, Tasmania, in 1913. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS
7/17Bill Carpenter, Syd Kean and Frank Dilger in the horse-drawn cart outside Morris’ General Store in Swansea, Tasmania, in 1913. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS
The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS.
8/17The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS.
The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years. Picture: MATT THOMPSON
9/17The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years. Picture: MATT THOMPSON
The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years. Jim Morris and his son Paul operate the business as an IGA and general store. Picture: MATT THOMPSON
10/17The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years. Jim Morris and his son Paul operate the business as an IGA and general store. Picture: MATT THOMPSON
The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years.
11/17The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years.
The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years.
12/17The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years.
The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years. Proprietor Jim Morris pictured. Picture: MATT THOMPSON
13/17The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years. Proprietor Jim Morris pictured. Picture: MATT THOMPSON
The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years. Pictured in Franklin St, in front of the businessm were Hilda and Lou Rapp. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS.
14/17The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years. Pictured in Franklin St, in front of the businessm were Hilda and Lou Rapp. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS.
The General Store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years.
15/17The General Store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years.
The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years.
16/17The general store in Swansea, Tasmania, has been in the Morris family’s hands for 150 years.
Jim Morris, senior, took over an established business and re-established it as Morris’ General Store in 1868. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS.
17/17Jim Morris, senior, took over an established business and re-established it as Morris’ General Store in 1868. Picture: COURTESY OF GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY/MAUREEN FERRIS.
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