1909 Savoury toast in Launceston, Tasmania
I've always taken note of regional dishes, or regional variations on dishes. There are regional variations on the sandwich: Perth's… Read More
I've always taken note of regional dishes, or regional variations on dishes. There are regional variations on the sandwich: Perth's… Read More
Founded in 1867 in Switzerland by Henri Nestlé, the company merged with the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co. in 1905. By 1906,… Read More
Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1908? In Australia? Yes, we discovered this Kentucky Fried Chicken recipe in the household hints section… Read More
First made by Leo Buring at the Minchinbury Estate just a few minutes' walk from Sydney's Rooty Hill Station, Minchinbury… Read More
The passing of the Quarantine Act 1908 and its implementation in 1909 provided a national approach to the prevention and… Read More
The Carlton Brewery had been operating in Bouverie Street, North Melbourne, since the 1860s, but in 1907 it united with… Read More
According to legend, Hans Irvine, then owner of Great Western wines, heard that Dame Nellie Melba had expressed the wish… Read More
The College of Domestic Economy was founded to give women an education in domestic arts and sciences. It offered diploma… Read More
In 1907, the Mildura Raisin Trust and the Renmark Raisin Trust joined to become the Australian Dried Fruits Association (A.D.F.A.).… Read More
Peters Ice Cream was founded in Sydney by American migrant Fred Peters. His first Peters Ice Cream family bricks, reputed to… Read More
SAO biscuits are up there with Lamingtons among the "iconic" Aussie foods. They are still made by Arnott's. There are… Read More
The first person known to have planted rice in south-eastern Australia was Jō Takasuka, an import/export merchant who had previously… Read More
The world's first patent for a household electric stove was issued to David Curle Smith, the Kalgoorlie Municipal Electrical Engineer, in… Read More
Imagine a drink that's perfect for summer, perfect for winter and absolutely ideal for spring. It helps keep colds and… Read More
It's an issue that provokes passionate debate and bitter interstate arguments. At the heart of it is the fish and… Read More
Although camp pie in various guises had been around for many decades, it appears that Foggitt Jones of Queensland were… Read More
Foggitt Jones & Co. set up their business in 1904, buying an existing bacon factory at Oxley, south west of… Read More
While the General Mills website claims Peck's Pastes were introduced to Australia in 1904, the brand advertised 60th birthday specials… Read More
In June 1904, the Kalgoorlie Sun recounted the tale of a chook raffle in a local pub. The chicken, in… Read More
John Sennitt was an English-born engineer who, in 1899, acquired his employers' firm Victorian Cold Accumulator Proprietary Company Ltd. The… Read More
Melbourne Bitter was born in 1904, when a group of pub owners formed the Melbourne Cooperative Brewery Company and began… Read More
Built by the retail magnate Mark Foy, the Medlow Bath Hydro opened in 1904 as a hydropathic sanitorium and health… Read More
William Farrer bred various strains of wheat to resist the common crop disease of rust. After many years of cross-breeding, he… Read More
The term 'barbecue', referring to a cooking method was certainly known in England well before the First Fleet departed for… Read More
Origin stories can sometimes be...well...romanticised. Cicerello's, on the seafront in Fremantle, Western Australia, claims to have been founded in 1903.… Read More
In Australia's early colonial days, the settlers enjoyed their parrot pie and almost anything that flew was considered fair game.… Read More
The bunya nut, from the Bunya Pine, was an important food source for aboriginal people of Queensland’s Darling Downs area.… Read More
Australia’s oldest women’s magazine was launched by Thomas Shaw Fitchett as The New Idea — A Women's Home Journal for Australia.… Read More
It was on a road trip in 1989 that I discovered Gundagai's Niagara Café. My most lasting memory of this classic… Read More
No-one really knows the origin of neenish tarts, the bi-coloured pastries still widely available in Aussie cake shops. The first… Read More
Australia's 1901 Population Census recorded around 14 per cent of Australia's total population as working in the agricultural and pastoral… Read More
Although others had earlier experimented with tea growing – notably the Cutten brothers at Bingil Bay in North Queensland –… Read More
As early as the 1860s, Chinese immigrants were growing peanuts in North Queensland. Commercial farming began in 1901 when Samuel… Read More
A grand Federation banquet at Sydney Town Hall celebrated the creation of a nation, as the separate British colonies joined… Read More
There are various stories (probably apocryphal) about how lamingtons were invented. However, it seems likely that they were devised by… Read More
The 1900 Meat Supervision Act introduced a requirement for meat to be inspected at the time of slaughter. Only inspected… Read More
Hans William Henry Irvine extended the underground cellars at Great Western, imported a French winemaker from the champagne house of… Read More
The Dairy Farmers Co-operative Milk Co. Ltd was among several dairy co-operatives formed in the late 19th and early 20th… Read More
Until around 1880, most of the tea consumed in Australia came from China. However, from this time tea from Empire… Read More
Swiss doctor Maximilian Bircher-Benner invented muesli at his health clinic . He called it the “apple diet dish” or Apfeldiätspeise . The… Read More
In the late 1990s, an all-male group of my workmates from a Canberra ad agency ventured to the Central Café… Read More
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