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In November 1979 our Prime Minister was Malcolm Fraser. The average weekly wage was $245 and you could buy a brand spanking new Toyota Celica for $7,999 or a superceded Datsun 200B for only $4,999. The Australian Cricket Team was touring India. The first New South Wales Lotto draw took place and guess what? No one…

Welcome back to Australia in August 1979 where a carton of beer would set you back $9.79, a packet of Ardath Extra mild 25’s was 89 cents and you could get 11% for your cash investments at the bank. Malcolm Fraser was Prime Minister and Jimmy Hannon was the morning announcer on 2GB Sydney. Dennis…

In July 1980 Malcolm Fraser was Prime Minister, Sale of the Century hit our TV screens for the first time, Olivia Newton John had a solo number one in the US with Magic at the same time as having a number one in the UK teaming up with ELO and their song Xanadu. July 1980…

In November 1982 The Man from Snowy River hit the big screens with a huge Australian cast , Gurner’s Lane won the Melbourne Cup, Conservationists welcome the state governments decision to protect state rainforests, NSW State Lotteries introduced the “Scratchie”, Australia were playing England in a cricket test and Cricketer Xavier Doherty was born. Here’s…

We are building quite a collection of historical gigs and chart listings in our database so we thought we’d have a go at putting together some monthly gig guides and chart lists from way back when. Our first installment is October 1987. In October 1987 we were going through a Global Stockmarket crash known as…

Australian Musicians born in December 1st Dec 1950 – Ross Hannaford – Daddy Cool 9th Dec 1958 – Nick Seymour – Crowded House – Born Nicholas More Seymour in Benalla, Victoria 14th Dec 1949 – Cliff Williams – bass player for AC/DC. Born in Romford, London. 20th Dec 1948 – Stevie Wright – The Easybeats…

Australian Musicians born in November 1st Nov 1967 – Tina Arena – Born Filippina Lydia Arena in Melbourne, Victoria 2nd Nov 1951 – Belinda “Lindy” Morrison – The Go Betweens 4th Nov – Rob Manego – Peculiar Clerk, Mirrored Image 5th Nov 1985 – Kate DeAraugo 6th Nov 1983 – Jon Hume – Evermore 6th…

Australian Musicians born in October 4th Oct 1971 – Darren Middleton – Powderfinger 5th Oct 1955 – Wilbur Wilde – Ol’ 55, Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons – Born Nicholas Aitken 7th Oct 1961 – Brian Mannix – Uncanny X Men 10th Oct 1991 – Gabriella Cilmi 15th Oct 1982 – Paulini Curuenavuli 20th…

Australian Musicians born in September 1st Sept 1954 – Riccardo “Ric” Formosa 2nd Sept 1947 – Ted Mulry – Solo, TMG. Born Martin Mulry in England. Died September 1, 2001. 5th Sept 1976 – Ash Grunwald. Born Ashley Groenewald in Melbourne, Australia 7th Sept 1963 – Nicky Bomba. Born Nicholas Caruana in Malta 9th Sept…