Australian Food History

By irfan69420

  • Colonization

    Europeans arrive in Australia and disturb the peace and culture that the Aboriginal people had which also would have disturbed the culture of food that the Indigenous had for themselves.

  • First Pub

    Beer is one of the most consumed things in Australia and where else to drink beer than a pub. The first pub, the Mason Arms was opened in 1796 in Parramatta by James Larra, a freed convict.

  • Vegemite

    Vegemite is arguably the most popular (worldwide) Australian food it is a dark spread made from yeast extract and is very salty. It was developed by Cyril Callister in Melbourne, Victoria in 1922.

  • Fast food

    Fast food is of course now well known however many years before there were only a few in the country. Kentucky Fried Chicken was the first big chain to come to Australia, opening their first restaurant at Guildford in Sydney's western suburbs in 1968.