Abel Hoadley

His first business was manufacturing and selling jams and pickles, with produce fresh from his own orchard in Burwood East.

[3] Business was good, and in 1895 a new five storey factory was opened at 222 Park Street, South Melbourne, where the jams and preserves were manufactured and canned on the upper floors.

[5] Confectionery was from around 1913 manufactured at "Barrackville", on St Kilda Road, South Melbourne, at the Coventry Street corner.

[6] The company took out a lease on a nearby block of land bounded by Coventry, Hanna and Dorcas Streets and turned the old site into a public park.

[10] The site now houses residential development, Crossway Baptist Church, the National Archives of Australia and the Tally Ho Business Park.

He died at the age of 73 in his home, "Bella Vista", in the Melbourne suburb of Kew, Victoria.