Pints are now much more widespread in Australia even in the last 10 years. I went with a mate about 20 years ago, in a bar in Sydney after we'd arrived he went and got the first beer, after a while he came back with two pints. I said to him WTF did he get them, he didn't understand until I explained. He said he ordered two pints of Tooheys, the barman gave him a funny look but said nothing, raked around and came back with two pint glasses which he washed and then filled with Tooheys, then spent a bit of time working out what to charge
Pints are much more widely available if you want them.