On Tap: A Calvacade of Trivia and Tall Stories Celebrating 200 Years of the Australian PubWakefield Press, 1999 - 168 Seiten On Tap delves into the annals of pub-lore to discover funny, sad, illuminating and intriguing episodes and incidents in the life of this great Australian institution. The author has collected anecdotes, serious history, folklore tall stories and urban myths about Australians and pubs. |
Inhalt
An oasis in a dry country | 1 |
Tell em I died game | 13 |
Feeding time at the zoo | 25 |
Pressing the flesh | 37 |
The dry argument | 49 |
Pub culture | 61 |
Guests of Her Majestys Hotel | 85 |
Keepers of the peace | 97 |
Lawson and Lalor | 107 |
Wattle it be? | 119 |
Raising a sweat | 129 |
Welcome to the wreckingball | 143 |
Authors note | 158 |
Sources | 159 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Arms Australian Hotel Australian Labor Party Australian pub Balmain barmaid became beer Bendigo Black Stump bottles bought Bourke Brisbane Brisbane's Broken Hill building built bushrangers Camberwell Canberra Carlton Club Hotel Coast Collendina Council Creek demolished demolition diggers district drink drinkers drunken Emelia Family Hotel famous Fitzroy Football Club former gang George ghost Glenrowan Gold goldfields Gough Whitlam Governor Hall heritage Hobart horse hosted Hotel in Adelaide Hotel in South Hotel in Sydney John Kalgoorlie Kelly known later Lawson licensed liquor Macquarie Melbourne Melbourne's Menzies murder nearby Ned Kelly north Queensland Northern opened Option Poll original Perth police Port publican Queanbeyan Queensland race Richmond Royal Hotel shearers shot sly-grog sly-grog shop South Australia South Wales St Kilda Star Hotel story Street suburb Sydney Sydney Hilton Sydney's Tasmania Tavern Theatre Tibooburra town Trades venue Victoria VICTORIA BITTER Western Australia western Queensland