Australian food history By wynter_richards 1788 Aboriginal food sources 1788 First apple trees in Tasmania 1798 Australia's first restaurant 1801 First food standards regulations 1810 Food canning process patented in England 1822 European honey bees introduced 1839 Australia's first ice-cream sellers 1840 Earliest mention of Golden syrup 1854 John Alloo opens Chinese restaurant 1864 Australia's first cookbook 1878 Banana plantations in Queensland