Australian Food History By Jackson_Thomas#08 1770 Pre-1770 Indigenous food timeline 1780 1789 Australia’s first free farmer 1780 1789 Australia’s first free farmer 1780 Pre-1788 Aboriginal food sources 1789 1805 Whaling industry begins in Australia 1790 1798 Australia’s first restaurant 1790 1793 Rock lobsters caught by French explorers 1800 1805 Whaling industry begins in Australia 1810 1819 Mango cultivation on Murray Island reported 1810 1819 Mango cultivation on Murray Island reported 1819 1829 First WA settlers required to farm 1820 1829 First WA settlers required to farm 1828 1839 Australia’s first ice cream sellers 1830 1839 Australia’s first ice cream sellers 1840 1846 First meat canning in Australia 1840 1846 First meat canning in Australia 1850 1858 Café de Paris restaurant opened in Melbourne 1860 1869 Adelaide Central Market opens 1860 1869 Adelaide Central Market opens 1870 1879 First frozen meat exports 1870 1879 First frozen meat exports 1880 1889 Bundaberg rum first produced 1890 1899 Australia’s first health food store 1900 1908 Kentucky Fried Chicken recipe 1910 1918 Darwin beer rebellion 1920 1929 Blue Heaven colour first made 1930 1939 Beginnings of San Remo pasta 1940 1949 Peters Choc Wedge launched 1950 1959 Continental food in Sydney 1960 1969 Commercial crocodile farming begins 1970 Late 1970s Peter Russell-Clarke sells eggs 1980 1989 Slow Food International is founded 1990 1999 Energy drinks arrive in Australia 2000 2009 Pollywaffle discontinued 2010 2019 Aussie food favourites on coins 2020 2024 Supermarket inquiry announced by ACCC