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About this book
It was no wonder I was glad to be down in Woolloomooloo. The Old Fitzroy reminded me of how Kings Cross used to be. Told in his vivid and entertaining style, Louis Nowra writes Woolloomooloo's biography, drink in hand, from the vantage point of the Old Fitzroy Hotel, the cosy, eccentric and wonderful pub on Dowling Street, Woolloomooloo. It's a world of sex, sin, sly grog, sailors, razor gangs, larrikins, workers, artisans, murderers, fishermen, activists, drinkers, fashion designers, tradies, artists and the downright dangerous. It's also a story of courage, resilience, tolerance, compassion. And though the pub has a real theatre, it's the cast of real-life characters that are the stars of this show. Woolloomooloo's past wraps around its present. Louis – often accompanied by Coco the Chihuahua and other two-legged locals, often walks the streets, uncovering history – some official, some never revealed. He stumbles across pockets of beauty and charm, and the derelict and abandoned. Unforgettable – and unspellable – Woolloomooloo in this book is a place as fascinating as its name.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Map of Woolloomooloo
- Author’s Note
- The Old Fitzroy
- The Name Excites Ridicule and Odium
- The Motley Crew
- Mcelhone Street to the Secret Garden
- Tommy in the Freezer
- What Woolloomooloo Wants
- Virgil in Woolloomooloo : Part 1
- St Comicals to the Mcelhone Stairs
- The Revolving Battery Hotel
- The Man Who Wanted To Kill Me
- The Revolving Battery Hotel Opens
- From Woolloomooloo to Tamworth
- The Woolloomooloo Outrage
- Dowling Street to the House of the Prince of the Gypsies
- Ayesha
- A Different World
- The Old Fitzroy Staff
- A Collection of Rookeries
- Prince Giustiniani’s Hovel
- That’s Entertainment
- Death Rays
- Upper Forbes Street
- The Bay of Floating Hats
- An Old Fitzroy Fixture
- Between Wars
- The Financial Wizard
- When Woolloomooloo was a Film Set
- Day in the life
- Entropy
- From Woolloomooloo to Avoca Beach
- Lower Forbes Street
- The Emperor of Woolloomooloo
- Chemical Frank
- Bourke and Palmer Streets
- The Mother of the Place
- The Entrance becomes the exit: Crown and Riley Streets
- Virgil in Woolloomooloo : Part 2
- The Centre Cannot Hold
- Zone of the Real
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments