a Kmart in 2004). In 1982 there were plans to open a Grace Bros. in Strathpine, Queensland but due to the take over of Myer NSW by Grace Bros. Holdings the store opened at the Strathpine Centre as a Myer in 1983 and remained opened until 2007. Myer Wollongong (Wollongong Central) closed on 3 October 2016. Myer Orange closed on 29 January 2017, after 167 years of trading through various owners, 21 of those years it was branded Grace Bros. Taken over In July 1982, Grace Bros sold its 57% shareholding in Norman Ross to Waltons. In April 1983 Grace Bros purchased most of Myer's New South Wales stores excluding Albury, Gordon, Miranda and Tweed Heads. Having been the subject of a battle for control with the Adelaide Steamship Company, Bond Corporation, FAI Insurance, Myer, Westfield and Woolworths all buying and selling sizeable blocks of shares in 1982/83, Myer's takeover bid for Grace Bros was successful in June 1983. The Myer store on Market and Pitt Streets in Sydney became the main Grace Bros store. In 1985, the company became a division of Coles Myer, and the Grace Bros stores effectively merged with the 35 Victorian based Myer stores. In February 2004 a marketing decision was made to rebrand all the Grace Bros stores as Myer stores. Grace Bros Removals Grace Bros Removals was established by Albert Edward and Joseph Neal Grace in Sydney in 1911. It was sold to Brambles who on-sold it in 1994 to Crown Worldwide Group. See also Anthony Hordern & Sons Gowings Marcus Clark & Co. Mark Foy's Department stores around the world References Further reading Reading the Past in the Grace Building at NSW Teaching Heritage External links Myer. Grace Removals. Grace Information & Records Management Grace Fine Art Grace Self Storage 1885 establishments in Australia Retail companies established in 1885 Australian companies established in 1885 Companies based in Sydney Defunct department stores of Australia Retail companies disestablished in 2004 2004 disestablishments in Australia Australian companies disestablished in 2004