This food timeline started as a way to explore the revolution in Australian food that has occurred during the baby-boomers’ lifetime, but has since expanded to include more about the previous decades (and century) as well. Also included are overseas events and trends that had an impact here. The entries are brief, but there are lots of links if you want more information.
In 1984, the Melbourne Age ran an article announcing the beginnings of a new fishery on Australia’s northwest coast. “Australian scampi on sale soon” the headline read. At the time, the CSIRO described scampi as “deep-water lobsters which are considerably bigger than banana prawns and live at depths of 200 to 500 metres”. It would […]
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