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Empire sausage
A historical Queensland and northern New South Wales name for a cooked processed sausage in the wider luncheon-sausage family.
In a sentence
The butcher advertised its Empire sausage during the First World War.
Where it came from
A transparent commercial compound of Empire and sausage. Why Empire was chosen as the product label is not established by the located evidence. Dated Queensland advertising records Empire sausage in November 1914 and again in 1915; later Newcastle reporting confirms continued commercial use.
- Initial era
- 1900–1949
- Where used
- Queensland; later Newcastle, New South Wales
- Use today
- Historical; regionally documented