[1] As a child, Jackson attended Warragul High School, leaving in 1952, at the age of 15 to train to became a pastry chef but became an office boy or clerk in Melbourne instead.

[1] Jackson began his career as a pastry chef but once he was old enough, became an office boy at Kelly and Lewis Pty Ltd in 1955, and then soon moved to Mather & Platt, in which he became a clerk.

[15] Ultimately, under his leadership, stocks grew by 40% with the highest profits in 70 years recorded for BTR due to Jackson’s substantial amount of takeovers and strict financial reporting and planning.

[3] Jackson was an early supporter of developing economic connections with Mainland China after opening to western trade in the 1980s.

[16] He also became a non-executive director of the Seven Network, a board member of the Reserve Bank of Australia and of Cabrini Hospital in Malvern East after leaving BTR in 1995; positions he held until 2001.

[19] Ultimately, after nearly four years in the role, Jackson was forced to resign, citing ill health and large amounts of accumilated debt from the acquisitions he had made under the new brand of Nylex.