Six o'clock swill
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The six o'clock swill was an Australian and New Zealand slang term for the last-minute rush to buy drinks at a hotel bar before it closed. During a large part of the 20th century, most Australian and
Opposition in South Australia to changes to hotel hours prior to referendum in 1938
Max Dupain's photograph of A Barmaid at Work in Wartime Sydney. Petty's Hotel, Sydney, 6 pm, 1941.
The Bar (1954) by John Brack
Robert gold bartender
The Bar (painting)
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The Bar is a 1954 painting by Australian artist John Brack. The subject of the painting directly references Édouard Manet's 1882 work A Bar at the Folies-Bergère. It depicts a barmaid working in an Au
Six o'clock swill
…effects of early hotel closing became less clear-cut. By the 1950s, Australia's alcohol consumption levels had returned to pre-First World War levels. The Bar (1954), a painting by John Brack which was based on the six o'clock swill, was sold for a record price for an Australian painting of $3.17 million…
A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882) by Édouard Manet.