Australian Drinking Culture Melbourne Function Venue --The evolution from drunkards to alcohol connoisseurs Australian Drinking Culture Melbourne Function Venue Australian Drinking Culture Melbourne Function Venue Melbourne Function Venue--In 1869, Marcus Clarke said of Australians,"They are not a nation of snobs like the English or of extravagant boasters like the Americans or of reckless profligates like the French, they are simply a nation of drunkards."