Editing Fish and chips (section)

===Australia===
{{Main|Australian cuisine}}
[[File:Australian Hotel, St George, Queensland, 2021, 03.jpg|thumb|right|Fish and chips at the Australian Hotel, St George, Queensland]]
The first recorded owner of an Australian fish and chip shop is Greek migrant Athanasias Comino, who opened his shop in 1879 on Sydney's Oxford Street, though Comino's shop was inspired by an unknown Welshman's pre-existing fish and chip shop.<ref name="aus-frdc">{{cite web |title=The History of Fish and Chips |url=http://fishandchipsawards.com.au/Information/The-History-of-Fish-and-Chips |website=Australian Fish and Chips Awards |publisher=[[Fisheries Research and Development Corporation]] |access-date=11 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731155148/http://fishandchipsawards.com.au/Information/The-History-of-Fish-and-Chips |url-status=dead }}</ref> In Australia today, there are an estimated 4000 fish and chip shops, as well as fish and chips being an essential menu offering in many [[Australian pubs]] and restaurants.<ref name="aus-frdc" />