Hunter Street
1804: Government Stores was built on Hunter Is. Hunter Is was originally used for the landing of supplies. A causeway connected Hunter Island to the mainland. Land was claimed from the sea.
1820: A stone causeway linking Hunter Is to main Hobart was built. It became Hunter St. The causeway is shown by the line of bronze markers. Docking was difficult so shipping transferred towards New Wharf at Salamanca Place. Steam meant return of shipping.
1821: William Bunster built a warehouse at number 31 Hunter St and his residence at number 33.
He was a seaman merchant.
He sold sealskins and kangaroo skins. He bought salt and general produce from Sydney.
1825: Other buildings in Hunter St built.
1829: William Bunster married Sarah.
1835: Sarah died.
1836: William Bunster married Anna Williams at St David’s Church.
1842: By this time many wharves had been built and land reclaimed.
1850: William Bunster said: I have tried to steer an independent course. I owe nothing to Government not to any man.
William is typical of many successful people at the time. He did not succeed because of family connections or favours from rich powerful contacts. He worked hard.
1854: Died. Dysentery.
The houses were bought and lived in by George Peacock and then Henry Jones.
1861: George Peacock began making jam.
1862: Henry Jones was born. His parents were transported as convicts. Separately.
1869-1882: George Peacock buys buildings in Hunter St.
1874: Henry Jones begins working for George Peacock. He worked six days a week ten hours a day posting labels on jam jars.
1882: George Peacock bought further buildings in Hunter St. No 27 and No 29.
1889: George’s jam business goes badly. Some employees (including a young Henry Jones) rescue him and buy the business off him.
1891: Henry Jones assumes total control of the jam factory. He names it Henry Jones IXL company.
Henry Jones had the motto: I excel in all products I make.
Henry Jones lived in Number 33.
1911. Further expansion of the factory. Henry Jones and Co eventually occupied most of Hunter St. A reinforced concrete warehouse.
When jam was made it boiled in large copper boilers. The smell of boiling fruit pervaded the town. People in Hobart would identify which jam was being made by the smell.
1926: Henry Jones died. Jones IXL brand was known worldwide. The factory was the biggest employer in Tasmania. Largest private company in the world.
1979: The factory making jam closed. IXL was purchased initially by Elders. Bits of machinery still remain.
Photos
The Steam Packet Tavern was on the old wharf from 1847 until 1916. Demolished to make way for expansion of Henry Jones.
1820: A stone causeway linking Hunter Is to main Hobart was built. It became Hunter St. The causeway is shown by the line of bronze markers. Docking was difficult so shipping transferred towards New Wharf at Salamanca Place. Steam meant return of shipping.
1821: William Bunster built a warehouse at number 31 Hunter St and his residence at number 33.
He was a seaman merchant.
He sold sealskins and kangaroo skins. He bought salt and general produce from Sydney.
1825: Other buildings in Hunter St built.
1829: William Bunster married Sarah.
1835: Sarah died.
1836: William Bunster married Anna Williams at St David’s Church.
1842: By this time many wharves had been built and land reclaimed.
1850: William Bunster said: I have tried to steer an independent course. I owe nothing to Government not to any man.
William is typical of many successful people at the time. He did not succeed because of family connections or favours from rich powerful contacts. He worked hard.
1854: Died. Dysentery.
The houses were bought and lived in by George Peacock and then Henry Jones.
1861: George Peacock began making jam.
1862: Henry Jones was born. His parents were transported as convicts. Separately.
1869-1882: George Peacock buys buildings in Hunter St.
1874: Henry Jones begins working for George Peacock. He worked six days a week ten hours a day posting labels on jam jars.
1882: George Peacock bought further buildings in Hunter St. No 27 and No 29.
1889: George’s jam business goes badly. Some employees (including a young Henry Jones) rescue him and buy the business off him.
1891: Henry Jones assumes total control of the jam factory. He names it Henry Jones IXL company.
Henry Jones had the motto: I excel in all products I make.
Henry Jones lived in Number 33.
1911. Further expansion of the factory. Henry Jones and Co eventually occupied most of Hunter St. A reinforced concrete warehouse.
When jam was made it boiled in large copper boilers. The smell of boiling fruit pervaded the town. People in Hobart would identify which jam was being made by the smell.
1926: Henry Jones died. Jones IXL brand was known worldwide. The factory was the biggest employer in Tasmania. Largest private company in the world.
1979: The factory making jam closed. IXL was purchased initially by Elders. Bits of machinery still remain.
Photos
The Steam Packet Tavern was on the old wharf from 1847 until 1916. Demolished to make way for expansion of Henry Jones.