Mitre 10 Hardware

For over five decades  Mitre 10 and been meeting the hardware needs for both domestic and trade projects. With over 700 trade hardware store chains, throughout of Australia. Operations are based on a co-operative system where the store owners are members of the national group and each has voting rights. We're the Mighty Helpful independent hardware store committed to giving you the best brands at great prices!

History

The move to set up a co-operative group of hardware stores, originated from a meeting held in Victoria, June 1959, with five men who would become Mitre 10's founding fathers — Tom Molomby, Tom Danaher, Reg Buchanan, Jack Womersley and Ian Nisbet. The meeting was held in the Mitre Tavern, and the group eventually hoped to build things up to ten stores, so they decided to call the company Mitre 10. This move occurred specifically to maximise funds and energy with regards to advertising and promotions and to demonstrate that independent operators offered service, advice and competitive prices.

The new company soon expanded operations, with fifteen New South Wales members joining the group by February 1961. Queensland soon followed with seven retailers, under the chairmanship of Arthur Scurr, joining the cooperative in January 1962, followed by a further sixteen members fromNewcastle in October the same year. With the company successfully operational in the three Eastern states by the end of 1962 and South Australia and Western Australia soon running their own state based co-operatives, attentions turned to crossing the Tasman.

In June 2004 Mitre 10 Australia opened its first "destination hardware, or "Big-box" chain at Beenleigh, Queensland.