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Arrival to Australia
- British arrived in Australia
- With them, they brought their own native cuisine and lifestyle.
- Due to this, an original culture never developed in Australia, contributes to the reason we have no real 'native foods' today.
- They did not live off the land or use it to it's full potential; never lived as peasants.
- Dictated the structure we now have today, e.g. three meals a day.
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First restaurant
- The first restaurant was attached to a hotel called the Freemasons' Arms.
- It was the first licensed hotel in New South Wales, run by James Larra, a convict.
- Many restaurants opened after this, providing a variety of foods.
- People were no longer required to cook their own food, they could eat it out.
- Social eating.
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The first railway
- Food could be transported to different areas that could not grow it.
- E.g. Jams and fruits were eaten by people who had previously had none in their diet.
- Between 1870 and 1896, meat consumption rose by a third due to imported meat.
- Opened up “monotonous broadacres for wheat, dairying and irrigated horticulture”
- This brought Australian’s closer to the land; we became a developed nation.
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Gold rush
- Introduction of Chinese to Australia.
- Chinese brought with them their unique cuisine which “filled a gap in our horticulture and our diet”.
- Could be seen as the start of our multi-cultural country.
- Chinese cuisine became as big of a part, shops and restaurants were set up in Ballarat.
- The Chinese offered a varied diet with new herbs and spices.
- China town that is in Melbourne today was founded.
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First food factory.
- Produced large quantities of bread products.
- Packaged food started here, many brands such as Arnotts, Rosella and Fosters.
- Shelves started to fill with things that weren’t from the garden or neighbours- but from factories.
- Triggered a growing of manufacturers, and a widening in the range of food available.
