Henry Jones (entrepreneur)

Sir Henry Jones (19 July 1862 – 29 October 1926)[1] was an Australian businessman of significance in the development of Tasmanian industry and trade.

[1] Educated at a state school, Jones went to work in a jam factory when he was 12 years old, and began with sticking labels on tins.

[1] Jones began to extend his interest to the timber trade, hop industry, and the export of Tasmanian fruit in addition to his own preserves.

[citation needed] Jones succeeded in securing steamers to carry Tasmanian fruit to the English market, and though his enterprise suffered occasional losses, he never ceased his efforts to vitalise his state's trade.

He was interested in early attempts to form a wood pulp industry, and was largely responsible for the erecting of wool mills in Launceston by Kelsall and Kemp of Rochdale, England.