page_title: Edward Barton Southerden
section_title: Business life
hierarchical_section_title: Edward Barton Southerden / Business life
caption_attribution_description: English: E. B. Southerden's Drapery Store on Queen Street, ca. 1873. South east corner of Edward and Queen Street originally erected in 1862. Building demolished 1924. (Description supplied with photograph.).
context_page_description: Edward Barton Southerden was a businessman and politician in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was the first mayor of the Town of Sandgate and was known as the "Father of Sandgate" as he was involved in all aspects of progress and welfare of the town.
context_section_description: Southerden spent 1849 in Brisbane and then moved to Ipswich where he was a sheep farmer. He then worked for H.M. Reeve's drapery business in Ipswich. In December 1853, he joined his brother Samuel Southerden in a drapery partnership in Brisbane Street, Ipswich. Their partnership was dissolved in March 1854. From there, he moved to Sydney where he worked for the retail firm of David Jones & Co. He had returned to Brisbane in July 1854, purchasing the business where he had previously been employed and in January 1855 had established E. B. Southerden, Drapery Stores on Queen Street; the signage of the business appears in old Brisbane photos. The business was successful and he retired in 1864.
caption: Southerden's drapery, Queen Street, circa 1873
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