Person
Peacock, George (1824 - 1900)
- Born
- 1824
Bath, Somerset, England - Died
- 29 April 1900
Petersham, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Jam manufacturer
Summary
George Peacock was one of the first jam manufacturers in Australia, making canned jam in Hobart Town 1867-1879 and Sydney 1880-1891. He also experimented with canning fish in 1882, but did not continue because of the high cost of installing refrigeration.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- 'Peacock, George (1824-1900), jam manufacturer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), p. 418. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050467b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16030338. Details
- 'Peacock, George (1824-1900)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466713. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_p.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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