 They were grandsons of James Cuthbertson an English settler who set out for Melbourne, but was apparently blown off course by the Roaring Forties and landed in Hobart instead in 1853, where he had also set up a shoemaking and importing business.The Cuthbertson brothers set about amalgamating their companies' manufacturing operations, retaining the Blundstone name for the company's tannery in South Hobart, and the current factory and headquarters in Moonah.Owned by Sir Harold Cuthbertson until his death and passed onto his heirs and daughters, Anne Routley and Helen Dickinson, who run it to this day.