Fowler's Vacola specialises in bottling jams and other foods at its manufacturing plant in Sydney. Fowler's Vacola The Fowler's Vacola jar is a molded glass jar used in canning to preserve food. It is the most popular home canning system in Australia. The system was developed in 1915 in Melbourne, Australia, by Joseph Fowler (28 February 1888 – 24 April 1972), who migrated from England in 1912, at his home in Hawthorn, Victoria, and became very popular. The Fowler's Vacola system uses glass jars, single use rubber ring seals and pressed metal lids, much like American Mason jars first patented in 1858,
Dorothy Kilner Perambulation of a Mouse", for instance, reappeared in 1870 in a collection edited by Charlotte M. Yonge, entitled "A Storehouse of Stories". Dorothy Kilner Dorothy Kilner (17 February 1755 – 5 February 1836), who used the pseudonyms M. P. and Mary Pelham, was a prolific English writer of children's books, who combined didacticism with a strong knowledge of children's character. Dorothy was born on 17 February 1755, probably at Woodford, Essex. She was the youngest of five children of Thomas Kilner (1719–1804), public servant and landowner, and his wife, Frances, née Ayscough (1718–1768). The family moved to Maryland Point, then