Beer arrived in Australia at the beginning of British colonisation. In 2004 Australia was ranked fourth internationally in per capita beer consumption, at around 110 litres per year; although, the nation ranked considerably lower in a World Health Organization report of alcohol consumption per capita of 12.2 litres. Lager is by far the most popular type of beer consumed in Australia.
A bottling machine being used in 1945 as part of an Australian beer production operation
Advertisement for Bulimba Gold Top beer, Queensland, circa 1933
The Cascade Brewery is the oldest brewery in Australia, having been founded in 1824
Heineken 330 mL bottle brewed under licence in Australia
Cascade Brewery is a brewery established in 1824 in South Hobart, Tasmania, and is the oldest continually operating brewery in Australia.
Cascade Brewery
Peter Degraves
Featured on the label, the iconic illustration of the Tasmanian Tiger Thylacinus cynocephalus, J.Gould and H.C. Richter, in Mammals of Australia, vol.I, 1841.