2023 – HAL Noordam Cruise #1 – Auckland to Sydney – Hobart Tasmania – 48 of 49
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Back on the Noordam with a IXL H.Jones & Co Ltd brick building view from Macquarie Wharf in Hobart.
This building was part of a large factory complex established by Henry Jones in 1891.
The building was part of the ice-making and cold-storage facility operated by the jam-making firm from 1903 until the l970’s. Ice was also supplied to the public here.
The building, with the exception of its front facade, was demolished in January 1987.
Sir Henry Jones was born in Hobart, Australia and began working in George Peacock’s conserve factory when he was 13. This building is now “The Henry Jones Hotel.”
The brand became Australia’s leader for jams and marmalade by the time it was purchased by Coca-Cola Amatil in 2005. The historic site is now the Henry Jones Art Hotel, located on Hunter Street.
IXL formed as a limited liability company in 1903. The IXL brand – ‘I excel in everything I do’ was Henry Jones’s personal motto.
