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Castle & Taylor
Castle & Son
Castle & Albert
Castle & Son
Castle & Albert
c1876 to 1877
Leigh Street, Adelaide
James Castle & Edwin Taylor
Castle & Son
1877 to 1878
Morphett Street, Adelaide
James Castle
Castle & Albert
1878
James Castle & George Albert
| James Castle arrived in South Australia in 1848 and purchased a house in Willunga and worked as a shoemaker. By 1852 James started a general store on 5 High Street in Willunga named the Cyprus General Store. Over the next 18 years James opened two hotels in the area (Willunga Hotel and the first Old Bush Inn). By 1870 James had sold his interests in Willunga and moved to Adelaide, he became the licensee of several hotels. By 1876 James started a bottling company in Leigh Street bottling Dragon Brewery Ales & Porters. A year later the business was moved to Morphett Street. Through the years James had several business partners, but closed the bottling business in 1878. John worked as a storekeeper until his death in 1910  Licensed Victuallers Gazette Saturday 11th November, 1876 |
 Licensed Victuallers Gazette Saturday 17th November, 1877  Licensed Victuallers Gazette Saturday December, 1878 |