History of the Food

  • Bush foods

    Bush foods
    Aborigines were hunter-gatherers
  • First fleet

    First fleet
    First fleet brought animals, plants, seeds, grain, flour, salted, meat, sugar, alochol.
  • Rations

    Rations
    Convict rations were flour, salted meat and sugar and worker's rations were 10 lb, 10 lb meat, 2 lb sugar, 1/4 lb tea and salt - Aborigines were influenced by this poor diet.
  • Alcohol

    Alcohol
    Alcohol was plentiful - mainly beer and rum
  • Wine production

    Wine production
    the start of wine production
  • Produce

    Produce
    Local farm produce, wheat, potatoes, fruit, vegetables, butter and cheese, exported to British isles.
  • Markets

    Markets
    The market gardens were established.
  • Improve transport

    Improve transport
    The transports had a massive improvement.
  • canned food

    canned food
    Meat canned for local market and exported to British isles,
  • over stocked

    over stocked
    Oversupply of meat and wheat - large amounts exported to British isles.
  • Factory food

    Factory food
    More and more factory processed foods were made
  • Many changes

    Many changes
    Media campaigns, more factories, convenience foods, milk and citrus fruit receive much publicity.
  • New refrigeration

    New refrigeration
    Refrigeration improves, plenty of fresh food available.
  • New foods

    New foods
    Migrant influence more pronounced, more fast foods.
  • improve food industry

    improve food industry
    More travel, more eating out, food industry dominated by multinational corporations.