Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus.) to beat someone, to punish; thus larry-doo n., a thrashing, a disturbance.

1946		A. Marshall Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 104: He was an old scrub bull [...] I had driven him back a week before and that morning I gave him Larry Dooley across the bend.
1954		(con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 203: They reckon they pulled the guts out of some place up town, raped the sheilas, and played Larry Dooley.
1967		‘Whisper All Aussie Dict.’ in Kings Cross Whisper (Sydney) xxxvi 4/1: larry dooley: Mayhem.
1968		S. Gore Holy Smoke 33: He played a bit of Larry Dooley with natural forces.
1969		P. Adam-Smith Folklore of the Australian Railwaymen 118: I nodded towards the Governor’s train. ‘They’ll [mosquitoes] give his nibs larry-dooley tonight.’.
1978		Saw & Milbank Back to Back Tango 21: The sport and games and, hum, gaming and larry-doo that could just could be lined up [AND].
1994		Australian 25 Aug. 10: The [Carpal Tunnel] syndrome ... is first noticed when the first three or four fingers of your hands start to give you Larry Dooley [GAW4].