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The Aboriginal people spend 65,000 years living off the land in a semi nomadic lifestyle, occasionally settling down to set up farms. They used fire-stick to encourage new native to grow making it easier to hunt and manage the manage the landscape.
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The first fleet arrives in Botany Bay and lays claim to the land they believe the land to be uninhabited bringing with them many foreign foods. -
Wheat is first cultivated by The first fleet in Australia -
Merino Sheep were introduced to Australia from south Africa as they were more suited to the conditions. -
The Greek settlers introduce grapes into Australia and start growing them. -
James Wilkinson, a carpenter and convict, established the first functional flour mill in Sydney. James Squire and John Boston were the first people to establish breweries in Australia. -
During the gold rush, the Chinese establish market gardens and grow Asian vegetables. -
Sugar cane crops begin being grown in Brisbane by Captain Louis Hope and John Buhot -
The first food processing factories open in Australia focusing on processing salt meat and Fruit canning -
In the 1920s, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides and non-organic fertilisers were developed to protect crops and increase yield. -
Food products are first marketed as convenience foods; food processors such as Heinz and Kraft enter the market.
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farmers began using tractors to pull harvesters, seeders and ploughs, which were more efficient than animals. This began a new age of motorised machinery. -
American style food is introduced into Australia with the introduction of frozen food and hamburgers. -
An influx of Migrants from many different European countries bring their cultural foods
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The United States market was opened up to Australian grinding beef or mince steak, which caused a great expansion of the industry. This market grew further as hamburger and mince-steak recipes became popular in many homes and restaurants. -
In the early 1960s, new farming systems and technologies were introduced, and Australia’s first large-scale pig farm was built. -
In 1968, Kentucky Fried Chicken opened its first store in Australia and by the 1970s it had opened 75 stores across the country. -
other crops such as lupins and field peas have been grown in rotation with wheat crops, cows and sheep. -
They began producing individually wrapped cheese slices in the factories -
The depleting amount of fossil fuels puts economic pressure on farmers pushing small farms out of business.
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Australia became the largest produce of lupin beans and second largest producer of Chickpeas. -
Australian exports are massively affected by the pandemics as Australia wasn't able to export to one of their largest partners, China.