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I did a little bit of googling but wondering if anyone else might know, what kind of alcohol would they have drunk in pubs around the 1890s? It appears it was mostly beer and rum - which is a bit wild to me. I don't associate rum with Australia at all and I think of that time, I think of American westerns and drinkin' whiskey yeehaw!
Didn't Sydney/NSW colony have a whole coup and military dictatorship over rum in the 1800's? My history is a little hazy, but I remember the Rum Rebellion being a thing from school.
Yep! And I wanna say Rum was essentially currency. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum_Rebellion