A bit of nostalgia when it comes to brewing in Aus.
Check out the link below and click on the "discussion board" tab for some really old posts from some original brewers on here.
It is a good insite as to how AG and partial brewing got a foothold in Aus.
When I think back these grumpy guys were what we might call the "forefathers" of real brewing in this country with the way they introduced AG and Partial to us all.