From the Sketchbook, I learnt the following:
“Collingwood was the home of the first bottled beer brewed and sold in Melbourne which had a high degree of public acceptance. In 1888 two brothers, W. and R. Foster, built a brewery in Abbotsford, brewing a lager type beer. The Fosters, fresh from New York, brought the latest American marvel, a beer-bottling machine that proved so popular that the Fosters with their famous lager soon had a monopoly of the bottled beer trade, an action which led to questions in the Victorian Parliament, though these had no effect whatsoever on the popularity or quality of Fosters Lager.”
Thanks to Tino Bao and Alex Tittensor for the photos.