French Restaurants in Nineteenth-century Australia: A Preliminary Review, Part 2

Author: BARBARA SANTICH
The French Australian Review 77 (Australian Summer 2024-2025): 5-34.
https://doi.org/10.62586/REIE3954

This article continues the survey of French restaurants in Australia in the nineteenth century, focusing in particular on Victoria and South Australia. In both colonies French nationals were closely associated with the first wine shops (or saloons), some of which evolved into restaurants. In Victoria in particular, French restaurants followed the gold rush but were often shortlived. In later years restaurateurs Pierre Noel Lacaton and Calixte Denat achieved considerable success in introducing French cuisine and French gastronomic customs to Melbourne.

Keywords: Australia, Victoria, South Australia, French restaurants, restaurants, wine shops, cafes, liquor licensing