australian food culture

By ruby clarke

  • indigenous Australians were hunter-gatherers.

  • first fleet arrived

    The first fleet brought animals, plants, seeds, grains, flour, salted meat, sugar and alcohol

  • convicts

    convict rations were flour, salted meat and sugar

  • farm produce being exported

    local farm produce like wheat, potato, fruit, vegetables, butter and cheese where exported to British Isles

  • wine production

  • canned meat

    for local markets and exported to British isles

  • oversupply of meat and wheat

  • media campaigns

    more factories, convenience foods, milk and citrus fruit received publicly

  • migrant influence fast food

  • more travel, more eating out

    food industry dominated by multinational corporations