Business: Malouf’s Victory Motors

Malouf’s Victory Motors

Duration Of Business:
1920 - 1923

Location Of Business:
282-284 Adelaide Street Brisbane

Name Of Business:
Malouf's Victory Motors

Type Of Business:
Motor Importing and Engineering business

Business Address

  • Type of Location: Motor Car Importer and Dealer
    Address: 282-284 Adelaide Street Brisbane

Business Owner

  • Occupation: Motor importer/Hotel owner
    Arrival in Australia: 1890
    Religion: Christian
    Place of Death: Brisbane

Story

Malouf’s Oakland Motors, 282-284 Adelaide Street Brisbane became Malouf’s Victory Motors in 1920. According to Michael’s son, he changed the name after he was finally acknowledged as a British subject after a long struggle to be granted naturalization.

References

Daily Mail (Brisbane), 19 March 1920, p. 7, viewed 14 March 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215419264.

Mike Malouf, ‘The Story of Jonas Malouf and his son Michael’, in Australian Lebanese Historical Society Newsletter, No. 75, June 2021, pp. 2-3.