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Australia and New Zealand like to describe themselves as young countries.
What they really are is countries built by movement — waves of people arriving with skills, labour, ideas, food,...
Some rivalries are fought with armies.
Australia and New Zealand fight with coffee cups, bakery counters, and dessert forks.
On the surface, it’s playful banter — jokes about flat whites, meat pies, and pavlova. But underneath the humour is a deeper story about migration, identity, and how two young nations define themselves through what they eat.
By the late 1940s, Australia was changing fast. The war had shaken old certainties, industry was expanding, and the population was growing. Cities needed power. Farmers needed water. Politicians wanted to prove that Australia could stand on its own in a turbulent world.