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SnapShots

SnapShots

1960's

Known as the 6 o’clock swill, the working class men would go straight from work to the bar to catch a few drinks before the 6 o’clock closure time of pubs in Australia.


Men at a bar in Jackson's Hotel, Melbourne

Image courtesy of Fairfax Photo's
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