Wowser
Videos
"Wowser" is an Australian and New Zealand term that refers to someone who seeks to deprive others of allegedly immoral and sinful behaviour, such as drinking, smoking and gambling. Critics of wowsers
'Auntie Pratten Censors the Sabbath', cartoon by Cecil Hartt (published in Smith's Weekly, 14 February 1925), featuring caricatures of the Australian Prime Minister Stanley Bruce and a minister in his Government, Herbert Pratten (depicted as the wowserish 'Auntie Pratten').
Six o'clock swill
Videos
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
Wowser
…laws that restricted obscenity and juvenile smoking, raised the age of consent, limited gambling, closed down many pubs, and in 1915–16 established a 6 pm closing hour for pubs, which lasted for decades. "Wowser" was frequently used by artist and author Norman Lindsay, who fought many battles with "wowsers" over the…
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