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Hailed as Australia's finest singer, John Farnham's career spans six decades and has touched music, theatre, television and film.
His numerous accolades and awards include Officer of the Order of...
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Enjoy more collection items celebrating Australian music legend, the one and only John Farnham.
In this, the second of two curated collections highlighting John's phenomenal career, you'll find extra...
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The entire history of Australian recorded music can be traced through versions of Waltzing Matilda.
Just about every craze, fad and fashion in popular music has generated a recording of the song....
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Thousands of songs were written about the First World War. Many were destined to disappear before or soon after the cessation of hostilities but others became big hits at the time.
The outbreak of...
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Ten sound recordings with cultural, historical and aesthetic significance have been added to Sounds of Australia for 2017.
There’s Kasey Chambers in there, and John Paul Young as well… Also among...
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Hawaiian music had a burst of popularity in Australia with a string of recordings made between 1926 and 1955.
In 1924 Hawaiian musician and entrepreneur Ernest Ka’ai toured a show called 'A Night in...
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Is Canberra calling to you? And why is it hot in Brisbane but Coolangatta?
There was a craze for writing songs about Australian cities and towns in the 1920s and 30s, but the oldest in our collection...
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To celebrate Sir Elton John's farewell tour, we've found some rare press conferences and interviews from previous visits to Australia in 1974, 1984 and 1988.
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In November 1979, Australian band Mental As Anything released their debut album 'Get Wet' and launched a long career.
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Sydney community radio station 2SER 107.3 first went to air on 1 October 1979. Station archivist Dr Liz Giuffre shares excerpts from a music industry documentary by Richard Kingsmill that was...