page_title: Hardy Brothers
section_title: Chief executives
hierarchical_section_title: Hardy Brothers / Chief executives
caption_attribution_description: English: Top hat from the Australian company Hardy Brothers
context_page_description: Hardy Brothers is a specialty retailer and private company of fine jewellery, timepieces and decorative arts in Australia. Its historic products are now highly collectible and are held in state and national collections. It is the only Australian jewellery business to hold a Royal Warrant and since 1980 has produced the Melbourne Cup.
context_section_description: Jack Leckie
  Harry Quayle
  Arthur Sims
  John McKinney
  Stuart Bishop
caption: Top hat from Hardy Brothers.
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