R.M.Williams a "Life Style"

Reginald Murray "R.M." Williams AO CMG was an Australian bushman and entrepreneur who rose from a swagman to a millionaire. He was born at Belalie North near Jamestown in the Mid North of South Australia, 200 kilometers north of Adelaide CBD, into a pioneering settler family working and training horses.

1932 - R.M.WILLIAMS IS ESTABLISHED

Having learned leather working skills from a passing horseman known as Dollar Mick in the Flinders Ranges, RM resolves to try his hand at producing leather goods. His first success comes by selling saddles to the owner of a group of cattle stations, which enables RM to set up shop in his father's shed at 5 Percy Street in the Adelaide suburb of Prospect in 1934. This location, still one of our retail outlets, now hosts the R.M.Williams Outback Heritage Museum.