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The Bushwackers Band, often simply the Bushwackers, are an Australian folk and country music band or bush band founded in 1970. Their cover version of " And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda " (1976) was listed in the APRA Top 30 Australian songs in 2001, alongside its writer Eric Bogle 's 1980 rendition.
This is a list of Australian produced music television shows.. Early days of music television pre-dated video clips, and included variety style series, miming series, and pop series, and with the advent of music videos, shows gave way to slickly prepackaged film clips with a host compère mixing live local acts (e.g. Countdown).
This is a list of television programmes that are currently being broadcast or have been broadcast on ABC Television's ABC TV (formerly ABC1), ABC Family (formerly ABC2, ABC Comedy and ABC TV Plus), ABC Kids (formerly ABC 4 Kids), ABC Entertains (formerly ABC3 and ABC ME) or ABC News (formerly ABC News 24) in Australia.
Rantan Bush Band has maintained a folk/country blend as its trademark and performs both traditional Australian songs as well as Australian country music and a supporting repertoire of regular pop and rock music for dancing. Bush bands play music for bush dances, in which the dance program is usually based on dances known to have been danced in ...
Bush bands also play bush ballads, many of which date to the 19th century. Among the most notable bush lyricists was the poet Banjo Paterson (1864–1941). The Bush Music Club, based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, hold regular bush dances and Colonial Balls where bush bands perform. [1]
This strain of Australian country music, with lyrics focusing on strictly Australian subjects, is generally known as "bush music" or "bush band music." The most successful Australian bush band is Melbourne's the Bushwackers, active since the early 1970s, other well-known country singers include Reg Lindsay, bush balladeer singer Buddy Williams ...
The following list of programs are broadcast by Network 10 / 10 HD in Australia, across its multi-channels 10 Peach Comedy, 10 Bold Drama and Nickelodeon, as well as regional affiliate 10 Regional and online on the catch-up streaming service 10Play. Some affiliate stations have alternate schedules and may air programs at different times.
Dobe Newton OAM (born 14 July 1948) is an Australian musician and member of folk and country music group the Bushwackers from 1973. He co-wrote the patriotic song "I Am Australian" in 1987 with Bruce Woodley. For his service to the performing arts as an entertainer and advocate he was appointed to the Order of Australia in 2013.