TEA IN AUSTRALIA
Tea arrived in Australia with Captain Cook on the FIRST Fleet in 1788. Before the arrival of camellia sinensis, INDIGENOUS Australians were brewing and consuming their own 'tea', from the Ti Tree plant native to Australia.
Due to Australia's colonisation by the British, Australian tea drinking culture is similar to that of ENGLAND.
The first tea crop to be planted in Australia was in Bingil Bay, QLD in 1884.