1808 Australia’s first solar salt
In the first years of the colony, salt was a valuable import and essential for preserving meat. Salt-making efforts began… Read More
1800s
1807 Tasmania’s first licensed public house
The Tasmanian Hospitality Association claims that the first legally licensed public house opened in Hobart Town’s first year of settlement.… Read More
1806 Food crisis in Van Diemen’s Land
Within three years of the first settlement in Van Diemen's Land, food supplies were so low the Governor, Colonel David… Read More
1806 First Sydney market
In the early days of the colony, produce from farms at Kissing Point and Parramatta was unloaded and sold at… Read More
1805 Sydney’s first commercial dairy
Sydney's first commercial dairy was built by Dr John Harris on his Ultimo estate, now an inner suburb. Harris was… Read More
1805 Whaling industry begins in Australia
The whaling industry was important to the early economy of New South Wales. The first Sydney-owned ship set sail in… Read More
1804 Tasmania’s first game law
The first European settlement in Van Diemen's Land was in 1803. Immediately, the new arrivals began to shoot native birds… Read More
1803 Colonial food prices
From March 1803, the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser reported prices for goods landed at Sydney Wharf from the… Read More
1801 First food standards regulations
Governor Philip Gidley King introduced Australia's first food standards regulations in 1801. The regulations concerned the baking of bread and… Read More