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W. A. Tacey operated a wholesale butcher shop from 322 High Street from 1898 to 1909. Tacey had taken over an existing butcher business operated by the Bostock brothers. In 1910 the business was taken over by Herbert Adams.
Sands and McDougall’s Melbourne and Suburban Directory 1864- 1974. [Microfiche]. (1974). Melbourne, Australia: Sands & McDougall.
A postcard advertising Tacey's butcher business in High Street, Northcote [26-2]
Entrance to W.A. Tacey's butchers shop. [LHRN1561-3]
W.A. Tacey, Butcher, outside his wholesale shop in High Street, Northcote. [LHRN1560]
W.A. Tacey's wagons outside his butcher store in High Street, Northcote. [LHRN1561-2]
Meat hanging in W.A. Tacey's butcher shop. [LHRN1561]