Australian Food History

By Jackson_Thomas#08

  • Pre-1770 Indigenous food timeline

  • 1789 Australia’s first free farmer

  • 1789 Australia’s first free farmer

  • Pre-1788 Aboriginal food sources

  • 1805 Whaling industry begins in Australia

  • 1798 Australia’s first restaurant

  • 1793 Rock lobsters caught by French explorers

  • 1805 Whaling industry begins in Australia

  • 1819 Mango cultivation on Murray Island reported

  • 1819 Mango cultivation on Murray Island reported

  • 1829 First WA settlers required to farm

  • 1829 First WA settlers required to farm

  • 1839 Australia’s first ice cream sellers

  • 1839 Australia’s first ice cream sellers

  • 1846 First meat canning in Australia

  • 1846 First meat canning in Australia

  • 1858 Café de Paris restaurant opened in Melbourne

  • 1869 Adelaide Central Market opens

  • 1869 Adelaide Central Market opens

  • 1879 First frozen meat exports

  • 1879 First frozen meat exports

  • 1889 Bundaberg rum first produced

  • 1899 Australia’s first health food store

  • 1908 Kentucky Fried Chicken recipe

  • 1918 Darwin beer rebellion

  • 1929 Blue Heaven colour first made

  • 1939 Beginnings of San Remo pasta

  • 1949 Peters Choc Wedge launched

  • 1959 Continental food in Sydney

  • 1969 Commercial crocodile farming begins

  • Late 1970s Peter Russell-Clarke sells eggs

  • 1989 Slow Food International is founded

  • 1999 Energy drinks arrive in Australia

  • 2009 Pollywaffle discontinued

  • 2019 Aussie food favourites on coins

  • 2024 Supermarket inquiry announced by ACCC