Giant of Ballarat retailing turns 90

Caleb Cluff
Updated April 4 2018 - 8:02am, first published May 17 2017 - 5:00pm
Lauris and William Messer. Mr Messer has just turned 90. Picture: Event Evolution – Photography.
Lauris and William Messer. Mr Messer has just turned 90. Picture: Event Evolution – Photography.

When international star Barry Humphries brought his daughter to Ballarat to attend boarding school, he went to the clothing institution Messer and Opie in Bridge Mall to purchase her uniform.

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Caleb Cluff

Caleb Cluff

Senior Journalist, The Courier

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