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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.