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History of Australian food

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this?

a)

Cured ham

b)

Corned beef

c)

Roast beef

d)

Pickled pork

2.

When did canned food first arrive in Australia?

a)

1820s

b)

1830s

c)

1840s

d)

1850s

3.

What was this used to store?

a)

Dry goods

b)

Vegetables

c)

Meat

d)

Linen

4.

When did refrigeration begin in Australia?

a)

1830s

b)

1840s

c)

1850s

d)

1860s

5.

What is this called?

a)

Chest fridge

b)

Ice cooler

c)

Meat cooler

d)

Ice box

6.

How did they work?

a)

Large blocks of ice sat inside them to keep food cool

b)

Chilled water sat in wells at the top and bottom to keep food cool.

c)

Pockets of ice cubes sat in each compartment to keep food cool

d)

Water circulated through pipes inside it to keep food cool.

7.

True or false:

Most households had refrigerators in Australia by 1930s

a)

True

b)

False

8.

True or false:

Snap freezing foods to retain flavour and texture was invented by Clarence Birdseye,

a)

True

b)

False

9.

When did frozen vegetable production begin in Australia?

a)

1920s

b)

1930s

c)

1940s

d)

1950s

10.

Who started Arnott's Biscuits?

a)

Joanne Arnott

b)

Arnott Scott

c)

Frank Arnott

d)

William Arnott

11.

Milk arrowroot biscuits were first launched in 1882

a)

True

b)

False

12.

In what year was Vegemite launched?

a)

1923

b)

1924

c)

1933

d)

1934

13.

True or False:

By 1935, Vegemite was no longer made in Australia.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Vegemite was brought back by Bega Cheese Limited and is now entirely Australian-Owned.

In what year did that happen?

a)

1987

b)

1997

c)

2007

d)

2017

15.

Leggo's was established in 1894 in which Victorian city?

a)

Benella

b)

Bairnsdale

c)

Ballarat

d)

Bendigo

16.

The company changed its focus to mainly tomato-based products.

When did that happen?

a)

1930s

b)

1940s

c)

1950s

d)

1960s