Money for jam: John Elliott’s first big move into wealth
Two Australians made a fortune in preserves. John Gilmour profiled Achalen Palfreyman in 1967 and AFR editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury picks up the story with John Elliott.
An AFR Classic from 1967: Death of a great business conservative
Achalen Woolliscroft Palfreyman, director of the Henry Jones-IXL-AJC canning group for 74 years, has died at the age of 92, leaving an office boy-to-chairman legend unequalled in Australian business, 14 acres in Toorak, and an immense personal investment portfolio.
