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gone to Gowings
used as an intensifier for any slangy sense of the word gone, as specifically: 1. deteriorating financially.
2. ill, especially with a hangover.
3. failing dismally, as of a horse in a race, a football team, etc.
4. having left; departed hastily or without a specific destination in mind.
5. drunk.
6. insane; idiotic. [from an advertising slogan of Gowing Bros Ltd a Sydney department store]
Contributor's comments: My dad , born 1919, NSW Far North Coast used to use this phrase often in the usual meaning of something or someone has done their dash, finished, no hope, like racehorses or boxers.