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Alcohol in Australia: the intertwining
of social and personal histories
an interview with Milton Lewis
EXTRACT:
Anglo-Celtic baggage
It’s clear that heavy drinking was an established cultural norm transported to Australia along with other Anglo-Celtic cultural baggage. At the time of colonisation of Australia, it was the norm in Europe to drink heavily. It was the time of the gin [...]
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2187084
The Sydney Gazette Wednesday 13 December 1826
Drunkenness.-There is scarcely any hope of adrunkard reforming in a hot climate : It is reportedin Halts Columbia, that, of 3000 Europeans whowent to Columbia a few years since, not more than300 survive ; and three parts out of five of thismortality may be attributed to drinking.
The Sydney Gazette. Thursday 4 March 1
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2182693
A man that procured his livelihood by bird catching, named (we believe) Edward Maidman, for the last fortnight or three weeks gave himself up to intense drinking. One day last week he was in a Pitt-street public-house, apparently well in health, when suddenly he leaped towards the ceiling, fell [...]
With Christmas approaching I present you with this January Poem.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2202164
The Sydney Gazette and… Saturday 9 January 1836,
ORIGINAL POETRY
THE DRUNKARD
”WHY Edward dids’t thou last night so late stay
While cold and comfortlesss time pass’d awayWith me,poor me ! deserted and forgot ;Cast like a noxious weed upon the spot
Where it had grown, to perish and to rot.
Tell [...]
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