L. J. HOOKER Investment Corporation Limited

L. J. HOOKER Investment Corporation Limited
 
SECURITY TYPE: Ordinary Shares
YEAR: 1966
INITIAL PRICE: $0.50
NUMBER OF SHARES: 500
COLOUR: Green
AGE: 59
SIGNATURE: 
CERTIFICATE OWNER: Mrs FA Winn
PRINTER: Sydney Registry
CONDITION: Fine
 
HISTORY
L. J. Hooker Investment Corporation Limited was part of the business empire built by Leslie Joseph Hooker, who founded L. J. Hooker Ltd as a real estate agency in Sydney in 1928 and expanded it into one of Australia’s best-known property groups. By the 1960s, the company had moved beyond estate agency work into broader property investment and corporate development, and historical records note that L. J. Hooker Investment Corporation Ltd later became Hooker Corporation Ltd in 1968. The certificate here, dated 22 March 1966, belongs to that earlier expansion phase, when the group was growing from a real estate network into a larger listed property and investment company. In historical terms, it is best described as an Australian real estate and property investment company, closely tied to the rise of the famous L. J. Hooker brand.