Smoke night
The smoke night or smoke social was a predominantly Australian form of male only social event in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Australasia.[1]
Background
Large groups of Australian men gathered in a venue to smoke
civic organizations, trade unions, and governments
.
Further reading
- "Belshaw's world – socials gone in a puff of smoke". Armidale Express. 14 April 2010.
- "SMOKE SOCIAL". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 10 August 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- "SMOKE SOCIAL". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 12 June 1906. p. 3. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- "SMOKE SOCIAL". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 23 April 1915. p. 10. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- "C1932 Coburg Football Club Smoke Social". Coburg Historical Society, Moreland City Libraries. Coburg, Victoria: Picture Victoria. 1901.
Invitation Card and Programme 11x8cm - 9.5x17cm Australian Rules Football. Coburg Football Club.. Collection ID: 6027. Collection ID: T3_1_9.2
- "Invitation – Smoke Night, Federation Celebrations". Melbourne: Museum Victoria. 1901. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
Collection ID: SH 960715 1.
- "Farewell for Mr J.B. Hyde Smoke Social".
See also
References
- ^ Erik Eklund Steel town: the making and breaking of Port Kembla Melbourne Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 2002, 76, 88