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In January 1970, 5 months after Woodstock, the small NSW town of Ourimbah hosted Australia’s first major music festival.
New Zealand-born Max Merritt and his band the Meteors visited Australia for the 1972 Sunbury Pop Festival, having moved to the UK 2 years earlier.
In this excerpt from an oral history interview with Max Merritt, he talks about being discovered by Harry M Miller in New Zealand after he stole the show as opening act for Johnny O'Keefe.
