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The story of a man who believed in a dream and the woman who stood by his side. The story continues today in the outback, in the rodeo arenas of the west, the frontier towns, the highway truck stops, the aboriginal tribal lands of the Red Centre and the largest concert halls in Australia. Every year they wait for him; from Alice Springs to Sydney, from Kunnamulla to Gundagai. The call him “the man with his hat turned down in front” - the man who is Australia - Slim Dusty.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
300985
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Feature films → Feature films - Australia
Music & Performing Arts → Country music - Australia
Music & Performing Arts → Country musicians - Australia
Music & Performing Arts → Dusty, Slim
Music & Performing Arts → Popular music
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)