George Peacock (manufacturer)

George Peacock (1824–1900) was an Australian businessman, best known for his association with the production of tinned jams made with fruit grown in Tasmania.[1]

Peacock was born in Bath, Somerset. He arrived in Hobart in 1850.[1] By the mid-1870s, Hobart was the jam-making centre of the Australian colonies. Peacock's factory in Hobart manufactured jam from fruit shipped from the Huon Valley.[2]

In 1880 Peacock moved to Sydney, and continued his business again making jam from fruit sourced from Tasmania. In 1891 he retired. The Hobart-based jam-making business was taken over by his son Ernest, business associate A. W. Palfreyman, and Henry Jones.[1] He died in Petersham, New South Wales.

  1. ^ a b c "Peacock, George (1824–1900)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. 1974. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  2. ^ Ted Henzell, ed. (2007). Australian Agriculture: Its History and Challenges. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 9780643098558. Retrieved 13 October 2013.