Australian Food History

By Ashleighxx

  • Lamingtons

    Lamingtons
    There are many stories about who was the offial inventor of lemingtons. It is said that Armand Galland, the French chef to Lord Lamington, Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901 was the creator. 

  • Australia Day

    Australia Day
    Australia Day is the official National Day of Australia. Celebrated annually on 26 January, it marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales, and the raising of the Flag of Great Britain at Sydney Cove by Governor Arthur Phillip.

  • Australia flag

    Australia flag
    The flag's original design (with a six-pointed Commonwealth Star) was chosen in 1901 from entries in a competition held following Federation, and was first flown in Melbourne on 3 September 1901, the date proclaimed as Australian National Flag Day.

  • ANZAC Biscuits

    ANZAC Biscuits
    Anzac biscuits have long been around a long time in Australia and New Zealand, established in World War I. It has been claimed the biscuits were sent by wives to soldiers because the ingredients do not spoil easily and the biscuits kept well during transportation.

  • ANZAC Day

    ANZAC Day
    The 25th of April was officially named Anzac Day in 1916. Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of the allied expedition that set out to capture the Gallipoli peninsula.

  • WeetBix

    WeetBix
    Weet-Bix, the breakfast cereal, and it was developed by Bennison Osborne in Perth, Australia in the mid-1920s.

  • Vegemite

    Vegemite
    Vegemite was invented in 1922 by Dr. Callister who was the first to invent the Vegemite spread and fred owned the company that sold this product.

  • Cherry Ripe

    Cherry Ripe
    Cherry Ripe is a brand of chocolate bar made by Cadbury Australia. Introduced by the Australian confectioner MacRobertson's in 1924, it is now Australia's oldest chocolate bar and is one of the top chocolate bar brands sold in the country.

  • Damper Bread

    Damper Bread
    Damper is a traditional Australian bread, it was genrally made by swagmen, drovers, stockmen and other travellers. It consists of a wheat flour based bread, baked in the campfire.

  • Tim Tams

    Tim Tams
    Invented by the firm’s director of food technology, Ian Norris, and named by Ross Arnott after the horse that won the 1958 Kentucky Derby, Tim Tams were first released in February 1964.

  • Cheezles

    Cheezles
    Cheezles is a ring shaped snack that are coated in orange cheesy flavour