Henry Marcus Clark

Henry Marcus Clark (born 1859 - died 1913)[1] was an Australian businessman who built a retailing empire known as Marcus Clark & Co. featuring a chain of Marcus Clark department stores.

Henry Marcus Clark
NationalityAustralian

He arrived in Australia from England in 1880. In 1883 he started a small drapery shop which prospered.

His sixth child, Byron Marcus Clark, died in a cliff fall near their Blue Mountains home (Drachenfels) in 1899.[2]

He is buried at Waverley Cemetery.[3]

Medal - Marcus Clark, the Great Southern Draper, 1890

References
  1. http://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/documenting-nsw-homes/sefton-hall
  2. http://bmlocalstudies.blogspot.com/2009/03/white-cross-at-mt-york.html
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20080308201339/http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/library/localstudies/historical/cm_wlk_1.htm


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