Booze Built Australia

Wayne Kelly

This is the fascinating account of how Australia’s development was fuelled by alcohol.

Discover:

• how alcohol became the Great Comforter
• where and why the shout originated
• how alcohol influenced political elections
• how booze was used to balance the budget
• the relationship between alcohol and the Wowsers
• how booze built physical Australia.

Drawing upon obscures sources, Booze Built Australia develops a theory that has never been acknowledged before on the role of alcohol in the social, political, economic and cultural development of Australia.