to trade under the Cox-Foys banner — owned by Harris Scarfe until it closed in 1977. The Rundle Street site is now occupied by multi-storey car park and a Hungry Jack's fast food restaurant, across the road from the Centrepoint Target discount department store. Cox brothers went into receivership in 1968 ending the name of Foys in Melbourne. Letter books, financial records and catalogues are held by the University of Melbourne Archives. Origins By 1868 Mark Foy had established a drapery store in the Victorian gold mining town of Bendigo finding this town too small to develop and expand his business he hired several wagon and moved his business to Melbourne. He chose a place in Collingwood and setup his business in a building at the rear of the property. In 1931 the little house in Collingwood in which Foy started his business was still part of the entrance to Foy & Gibson Emporium. References Defunct department stores of Australia Defunct retail companies of Australia Retail companies established in 1883 Australian companies established in 1883 Companies based in Melbourne Bourke Street City of Yarra