1839 Australia’s first ice cream sellers
Ice cream has a long history. The story goes back hundreds or, perhaps, thousands of years before the invention of… Read More
1830s
1839 Beerenberg family farm settled
It was to be 132 years before the farm gained its current name. But the property which was to become… Read More
1839 Elders agribusiness founded
Elders Limited, Australia's longest-established pastoral agency, dates its founding to 1839, when Alexander Lang Elder arrived in the new settlement… Read More
1839 First ice in Sydney
The first ice in Sydney arrived in 1839. It had been harvested from North American lakes and carried through the tropics in… Read More
1838 Yering is Victoria’s first commercial vineyard
Although the Henty brothers planted the first vines in Victoria at Portland, Yering Station in the Yarra Valley was the… Read More
1838 Adelaide’s first permanent hotel begins trading
Originally known as the Buffalo's Head, the hotel that became the Black Bull at first operated from a tent near… Read More
1837-9 Melbourne’s first pubs
Melbourne was first settled by Europeans in 1835 and the settlement's first pubs opened soon afterwards. The Port Phillip District remained part of… Read More
1836 Parrot pie for Christmas
One of the first settlers to arrive in Adelaide in 1836, Mary Thomas, wrote that she had celebrated Christmas according… Read More
1836 Almonds planted on Kangaroo Island
Almonds arrived in South Australia with the first ship to bring European settlers to the colony. The Duke of York… Read More
1835 Murnong roots shared with colonists
Murnong, or yam daisy, was one of the casualties of colonisation. For thousands of years, the edible tuberous roots of… Read More
1834 First colonial farmer in Victoria
In November 1834, six months before Melbourne was first settled, Edward Henty arrived at Portland Bay on the south coast… Read More
1833 James Busby imports vine cuttings
James Busby(1801-71) was a pioneer of viticulture in New South Wales and one of the most important figures in the… Read More
1832 Cascade Brewery built
The Cascade Brewery was built by Peter Degraves, who originally founded the estate as a saw milling operation. Degraves arrived… Read More
1832 First Western Australian wine
The first grape vines in Western Australia were planted near Fremantle soon after the first colonists arrived in 1829. By… Read More
1831 Major Mitchell describes yabbies
Yabbies are a species of freshwater crayfish native to Australia. They are widespread to the west of the Great Dividing… Read More
1830 Hunter Valley vines planted
George Wyndham was one of the pioneers of viticulture in the Hunter Valley, planting vines at his property Dalwood. His… Read More