Title: Alcohol in Australia - Wikipedia
Headings: Alcohol in Australia
Alcohol in Australia
Contents
History
Consumption
Drinking age
Society and culture
Etiquette
Influences
Peer pressure
Social occasions
Social status
Family
Marketing
Binge drinking
Young people
Indigenous alcohol consumption
Binge drinking in Indigenous communities
Marketing
Legislation and guidelines
Violence and harm
Solutions to binge drinking
Public drunkenness
Alcohol related organizations
See also
References
External links

Content: While drinking alcohol is often seen as intrinsic to Australian culture, the effects associated with over-consumption don't just affect the individual, but also the wider national community. In 2012, it was estimated that Australians spent $14.1 billion each year on alcohol. Contents
1 History
2 Consumption
3 Drinking age
4 Society and culture
4.1 Etiquette
5 Influences
5.1 Peer pressure
5.2 Social occasions
5.3 Social status
5.4 Family
5.5 Marketing
6 Binge drinking
6.1 Young people
7 Indigenous alcohol consumption
7.1 Binge drinking in Indigenous communities
8 Marketing
9 Legislation and guidelines
10 Violence and harm
11 Solutions to binge drinking
12 Public drunkenness
13 Alcohol related organizations
14 See also
15 References
16 External links
History
Australian Beer Production in 1945
The wine cask was invented in 1965 by South Australian winemaker Thomas Angove. The oldest brewery in Australia is the Cascade Brewery in Tasmania which was established in 1824. Heavy drinking in Australia was a cultural norm since colonisation. For a period, convicts in Australia were partially paid with rum. The distribution of rum amongst the New South Wales Corps led to the only successful armed takeover of an Australian government, which later became known as the Rum Rebellion of 1808. Spirits were the most widely consumed alcoholic beverages in Australia in the 1830s, with early conservative estimates showing that 3.6 litres of pure alcohol were consumed by each person in NSW annually. In the 1830s, the Temperance Movement gained a following in the colony. Its influence peaked during World War I and the Great Depression.