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The invention of Aeroplane Jelly
Taking off in 1927 when a tram driver Bert Appleroth, first made the now classic jelly crystals in his bath tub and gave it out among his Sydney Tram route (the excact date is unknown as the events were so early). -
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The Aeroplane Jelly Years
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The First Advertisment
This is when the first song/advertisment was written by Albert Lenertz and Les Woods. It was first realesed 1pm on a Sunday afternoon early 1930 on radio station 2KY (official date still unknown -
Auditioning for 'The Aeroplane Jelly Jingle'
5 year old Joy King beat amny children to become the singer for the 'Aeroplane Jelly Jingle' and this jingle is still used to this day. -
First Appearance of Bertie the Aeroplane
This is another early advertisment when Bertie the Aeroplane first appears in the interval at a cinema and he appeared in this ad for 2 minutes -
A new face for Aeroplane jelly
Tommy Dawes, one of Joy King's fellow contenders at the 1938 talent quest, becomes the feature of the Aeroplane Jelly packaging as the whistling boy. He stays in various forms on the packaging until the Late 1970's. The whistling boy was revived on the packaging in the late 1980's until the mid 1990's. -
Less Calories
Australia's first low calorie jelly is introduced by Aeroplane Jelly. It is still available today as Aeroplane Jelly Lite. -
New States
Aeroplane Jelly is launched outside NSW and into Victoria, Queensland, SA and WA. -
Guiness Record for Largest Jelly
Aeroplane Jelly enters into the Guinness World Records making the largest ever Jelly. It was watermelon flavoured and 35,000 litres. -
New Friuty Flavours
The Aeroplane Jelly Australian Fruit Series was launched to commemorate Australia's bicentennial. Inspired by the abundance of native fruits, quandong, midjinberry and Lilly pilly were part of the Aeroplane jelly range until 1992. -
Another Company
Aeroplane Jelly is acquired by McCormick Foods and was previously owned by Traders. -
More Friendly Faces
Bertie was re-introduced and now with 20 more and completely new faces -
More Fame
The Aeroplane Jelly Jingle was added to the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) as part of this year's Sounds of Australia. -
Dessert Mixes
These are the new drinks called wobbles and there are most definatley delicious
