The Six O'Clock Swill
The Six O’Clock Swill
Crowd in front of the Imperial Hotel on Monday evening. The first night on which all licensed premises were closed at 6 o’clock – The Adelaide Chronicle Saturday April 1 1916.
THE six o’clock swill was an Australian and New Zealand slang term for the rush to buy drinks at the pub before closing time.
During a significant part of the 20th century, most Australian pubs turned off the beer at 6pm,…
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