The Antipodean Cookery Book
- Year
- 1895
- Era
- 19th century
- Origin
- Australia · Oceania
- Language
- English
- Category
- Australasia
The Antipodean Cookery Book, compiled by Mrs Lance Rawson and first published in 1895, is among the earliest printed guides to colonial Queensland bush cookery. Drawing on station and outback experience, it offers practical instruction for preparing native game, kangaroo, fish and improvised pantry staples in remote conditions, and stands as an important record of how European culinary traditions were adapted to the Australian environment.
Cooking from this book
Jugged Wallaby
Signature dishFew dishes capture the spirit of this Queensland compendium quite like jugged wallaby, a colonial adaptation of the old English jugged hare using the abundant marsupial game of the bush. Mrs Rawson championed the practical use of native fauna at a time when settler kitchens still looked longingly to Europe, and her treatment of wallaby alongside parrot, bandicoot and bush turkey makes this book an emblem of resourceful antipodean cookery rooted firmly in its landscape.
An editorial note on a dish associated with this book, written for The Coquinist. It is not a reproduction of the book's recipe.
