Word: woolloomooloo
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...colony would have scandalized the Marquis de Sade; down the years, that tradition has been maintained. The last convicts arrived in New South Wales in 1840, and many were absorbed into gangs, or pushes, of "larrikins"-hooligans. The Forty Thieves of the Rocks and the Iron House Mob of Woolloomooloo segued neatly last century into fearsome razor gangs; the North Shore, nowadays so sedate, was terrorized by the Gore Hill Tigers and the Blues Point...
...hard-hitting campaign that has taken him all the way from the Snowy Mountains to the pubs of Woolloomooloo, Holt has emphasized Australia's new role in Asia. "At times," he says with deep certainty, "we have been told that we are going American, just as once we were told we were clinging to the skirts of Downing Street. In fact, we're going Australian. We are realizing the importance of being Australian-to play a not-insignificant part in what is happening in this area. It is a welcome opportunity for Australia to establish her own identity...
...morning last week steamed a squadron of seven U. S. warships. While flags dipped, bombers droned overhead, ships' guns and shore batteries boomed a 21-gun salute, the biggest detachment of the U. S. Fleet to visit Australia in 16 years tied up at the big docks in Woolloomooloo Bay. Ashore piled 2,000 officers and men, leaving aboard the luckless few who had the duty...