Europeans settlers in the Australian colonies had a reputation of being heavy drinkers. Rum dominated during the first few decades, followed by beer. It took until the 1970s before Australia's annual per capita consumption of wine exceeded 10 L, and even then, wine represented only one‐fifth of national alcohol consumption. But over the next two decades, per capita wine consumption nearly trebled and beer consumption shrunk – the opposite of what happened to global alcohol consumption shares. This paper draws on newly compiled data sets to (i) reveal that Australia was not much more alcoholic than Britain or southern Europe during the nineteenth century and (ii) help explain why it took so long for a consumer interest in wine to emerge in Australia.

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从朗姆酒状态演变：澳大利亚的酒精消费

在澳大利亚殖民地定居的欧洲人以酗酒闻名。在最初的几十年中，朗姆酒占主导地位，其次是啤酒。直到1970年代，澳大利亚的人均葡萄酒年消费量超过10升，即使到那时，葡萄酒也仅占全国酒精消费量的五分之一。但是在接下来的二十年里，人均葡萄酒消费量几乎翻了三倍，啤酒消费量减少了，这与全球酒精消费量份额的变化相反。本文利用新汇编的数据集，发现：（i）在19世纪，澳大利亚的酒精度没有英国或南欧高得多；（ii）解释了为什么消费者对葡萄酒的兴趣如此之久才在澳大利亚出现。