1788
first fleet -> bad beans
1835
melb is founded woo
1850-80’s
gold rush brought it tons of people -> also the drunk and disorderly induced a temperance movement on restricting alcohol
1888
sober public now loves coffee
1890
financial crisis -> a lot of cafés suffered financially -> some survived
1930’s
+40 years of enjoyment increased by espresso machines!
1950’s
post WW2 -> italien immmigrants
1954
people loved to romanticise it (george and mirka opened first pavement café)
1960
police complained…. cafés now inside mostly
1970-80’s
working hours made cafés less popular
1990’s
sunday trading legislation allowed people to go to cafés!