@joeyh I'd postulate that the current rise in popularity is due to the cicada that ate #Fivedock and caused much of #Drummoyne to be destroyed too.
The tragedy was memorialised here, in 1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDvH7O6Lbtg
#auspol lest we forget, the Cicada that Ate Fivedock.
cc: @jwz as I suspect that's right up his alley.