How have the Italian migrants influenced Australias cuisine?
Italian tables The types of foods Italian immigrants brought depended upon where they originated. People cook what they know. “The first Maltese and Italians went to Queensland in the 1870s and 1880s where they worked as labourers. The money was good: about 8s. Od. Per day compared with 1s. 3d., which was the average daily wage back in their homeland. They cut cane and grew tobacco and fruit. The Italian community in Griffith, New South Wales, can take most of the credit for setting up and running the fruit-growing industry there. The Italians were encourage to live in Queensland because of the need for cheap labour, and, since they were hard working, thrifty and willing to operate on a share basis with one or two others, they were soon buying small areas of land. Most of the immigrnats had been farming small plots of land in their home country so it was natural that they should continue to do this. They were also willing to take on heavier debts than many Australian farmers cared to r
