Buckley & Nunn
Early advertisement by Buckley & Nunn for ladies' wear | |
| Company type | Public company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1851 |
| Founders | Mars Buckley Crumpton John Nunn |
| Defunct | 5 May 1982 |
| Fate | Acquired by David Jones |
| Headquarters | , Australia |
Buckley & Nunn (also known as Buckley's) was a department store in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It first opened its doors in 1851 as a drapery store and, in its heyday, competed creditably as a department store with Myer (1900). It occupied a succession of buildings on Bourke Street in the Melbourne central business district until it was taken over by David Jones in 1982.
Popular as a retailer of fashionable garments, its 1914 mail-order catalogue promoted elegant frocks. In 1939, female nightwear was shown in shop windows. In fact, similar displays had caused pedestrian congestion on the footpath from as early as 1912, seen in photos of the day. In the 1920s, the store's tea room was reputedly a fashionable meeting place for ladies.