Australia
By: Lauren Achille, Tommy Gilio, and Will Stoner
Australian Foods
Ice Age
The Great Depression
First aboriginals arrive in Australia
Aboriginal people have lived in Australia for at least 50,000 years arriving by boat from south Asia to about that time. It has been suggested that the first arrivals were coastal people, basing their economies on the sea and river mouths, originally spreading around the coast then up the rivers. It has since been suspected that they did indeed farm the land, even the parts that were unusable by the colonists, and for a very long time. It was called fire stick farming. This brought not only life to Australia but also a new culture full of new ideas.
Increase and decrease in food consumption
Foods like poultry, vegetables, fruits and seafood have increased in food consumption over a time period of 30 years (1930-1960) which caused a larger portion of those nutrients in those specific category's. Meat products have decreased over the years and caused Australians to loose the protein and other important nutrients associated with meat.
Gold discovered in Australia
Gold was discovered in Australia from 1851-1861. It was a turning point for Australians because the gold attracted more people hence, the population of Australia rose which affected Australia's culture in a positive way. The gold brought more money so people could spend the money on the resources they need like food.