beer shortage
Warracknabeal’s ‘beerless’ pubs
WARRACKNABEAL, Monday – A dray drawn by a sleepy horse gradually collected a crowd of followers as it moved slowly through Warracknabeal’s main street today. On the dray were three 36-gallon kegs of beer. By the time it had reached… Read More ›
Brisbane drinkers toast the barman after 1949 ‘beer drought’ comes to an end
The toast of these drinkers was “cheers for the barman” when beer came on in Brisbane hotels after a long drought due to a brewery strike in 1949. The Brisbane Telegraph reported on August 15 1949 that there were few… Read More ›
Rationing seen hundreds queuing for Christmas beer in 1946
HUNDREDS queued up outside a hotel in Leederville [Perth] from 7am onwards yesterday to collect a Xmas ration of 6 bottles of beer. Cars and taxies added to the crowd as it waited for the handout. Â Sale commenced at 10.30am,… Read More ›