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during late 1979. The JB Young's stores traded under this name until mid 1986 when rebranded to Grace Bros. By acquiring JB Young's, Grace Bros also became the owner of the value positioned, apparel and manchester retailer
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following its founding by the Grace brothers, Albert Edward and Joseph Neal Grace, in 1885. The two brothers migrated from
England in the 1880s and sold goods door-to-door. In 1885, they opened their first small shop in
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399:Westfield Hurstville
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