On Tap: Trivia…of Australian Pub

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On Tap: A Cavalcade of Trivia and Tall Stories Celebrating 200 Years of the Australian Pub

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Media: BOOK - paperback, 176 pages
Author: M. McKay
Year: 1999
Other Data: b&w photos, sketches, index
ISBN: 9781862544734

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Product Code: WAK049

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There has always been a pub--hotel, inn or shanty or what you will--there should always be a pub, and there must always be one'. So wrote Henry Lawson in 1916. 'On Tap' delves into the annals of pub-lore to discover funny, sad, illuminating and intriguing episodes in the life of this great Australian institution.

Contents:
Preface
1. An oasis in a dry country
2. 'Tell 'em I died game'
3. Feeding time at the zoo
4. Pressing the flesh
5. The dry argument
6. Pub culture
7. Guests of Her Majesty's Hotel
8. Keepers of the peace
9. Lawson and Lalor
10. Wattle it be?
11. Raising a sweat
12. Welcome to the wrecking-ball
Author's note
Sources
Index of pubs

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