Grouse is Aussie slang for great, fantastic or excellent.
Like 'ripper', 'ace' and 'sweeeet', grouse is an old school way of expressing joy and admiration.
Like, 'that's grouse, mate!' when Darren rocks up to Brett's place in his hot new Holden Monaro GTS in 1968 with this mysterious sheila.
Grouse was first mentioned in the Sunday Times in Sydney in 1924 before the Popular Dictionary of Australian Slang made grouse an offical slang term in 1941. Speaking of sheilas, Qantas even used both 'grouse', 'sheila' and a whole stack of slang words in an educational marketing campaign aimed at Americans in the 1960s. Grouse!
THE DEFINITION OF GROUSE
G'day, were The Gents.
We tell stories in words, pictures and in person.
Our work spans writing, photography, illustration, art and design that is inspired by Australian popular culture and history. Grouse history!
We love finding grouse ways to celebrate this big, beautiful country we live in. And we know Australia like the back of our hand - we travelled more than 40,000 kilometres around the country in a 90s Tarago for our Signs of Australia photography book, as well as tons of holidays and road trips over more than 20 years together. We write about our favourite Aussie places for books, host walking tours and love to share our tips and tricks for exploring them like a local.
After running a successful shop in Naarm Melbourne a while back, Brady decided to start Grouse Shop to share his ripper collection of vintage Australiana and Aussie fashion, as well as loads of Australian-themed photography and art. All of which you can now buy! But it'a more than a shop - it's an archive of Australian culture over 50+ years and a celebration of mostly Aussie made goods. You're welcome.
We met on a dancefloor in Melbourne in 2002 and lived there for years before making Tassie our home. You might have seen us on the telly - our historic property featured on ABC TV's Restoration Australia in 2018 and even made it onto Netflix. But that special place is a whole other story.
Our latest book, Naarm Melbourne Neighbourhoods was a labour of love, combining Dale's words and Brady's photos and design into a big love letter to the city we met in. Dale's knowledge of this city is deep and comes from a long connection to place. Brady's photographs of the city taken over 20+ years are a visual record of an evolving city with a living history.
We've also written about our favourite Australian cities for travel books and magazines since 2009. We love this country!
