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	The Slim Dusty Centre Project. Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
		The Slim Dusty Foundation is working hard to reach its monetary target of $9 million plus internal fitout to build the first stage of the Slim Dusty Centre, but it is still short of the mark.
		It was Slim’s dream to see the Slim Dusty Centre be established in his hometown, and his wish was to see the development of scholarships to assist young Country Music artists.
		Slim Dusty dreamt of a centre where the memorabilia collected all over Australia during his long and illustrious career could be shown, and where visitors would be involved in an interactive journey through the heart and soul of Australia.
	www.slimdustycentre.com.au /donations.htm (630 words)

	Slim Dusty - Biography - AOL Music
		Slim Dusty was the most prolific and biggest-selling recording artist in Australia, with more than five million of his recordings sold on the domestic market of 20 million people and a status akin to the all-time greats in country music.
		By April 1957, Slim Dusty already had a recording career of ten-plus years behind him when he was scheduled to record four more songs, but only three had been chosen.
		Months later, while Slim was working in outback Queensland, he was told that the B-side of his latest single had made the pop charts in Brisbane, and as the months rolled on "A Pub With No Beer" became the first-ever Australian-made single to reach the national number one spot.
	music.aol.com /artist/slim-dusty/1965/biography (573 words)

	HowlSpace
		Slim Dusty is the most prolific and biggest selling recording artist in Australia, with more than 5 million of his recordings sold on the domestic market.
		Months later while Slim was working in outback Queensland Slim was told that the B-side of his latest single had made the pop charts in Brisbane, and as the months rolled on 'A Pub With No Beer' became the first-ever Australian-made single to reach the national No.1 spot.
		Slim was given the job of singing Australia's unofficial national anthem, 'Waltzin' Matilda'.
	www.howlspace.com.au /en2/dustyslim/dustyslim.htm (745 words)

	Slim Dusty \| Obituaries \| Guardian Unlimited
		The Australian singer Slim Dusty, who has died of cancer aged 76, was best known in Britain for a record that fleetingly monopolised the radio waves in 1958, A Pub With No Beer.
		Dusty came to embody an ideal of rural Australia, later symbolised by his performance of the same song at the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games three years ago.
		Dusty became known for the simplicity of his performances, appearing alone as a cowboy-hatted stockman with an acoustic guitar.
	www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,3604,1045882,00.html (626 words)

	National Australia Day Council - Australia of the Year Award 2007
		Slim Dusty is a legend in his own time who is regarded with a deep warmth and affection by millions of Australians - far beyond even those who love his music.
		Slim was the first Australian to receive a gold record and the first singer to have his voice beamed from space when his recording of Waltzing Matilda was played from space shuttle Columbia.
		Slim Dusty is an outstanding Senior Australian who relates to all generations.
	www.australianoftheyear.gov.au /pages/page118.asp (444 words)

	Farewell Slim - www.smh.com.au
		Dusty was seemingly timeless but in sync with the times as well, and he and his songs were deep-rooted in the Australian psyche, Garrett said.
		Dusty's daughter Anne Kirkpatrick choked back tears as she passed by her father's casket, draped in the Australian flag, with a bouquet of native flowers and his trusty Akubra placed on top.
		Slim was honoured by the federal government for the contribution he made towards reconciliation between indigenous Australians and the wider community.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/09/25/1064083128469.html (1383 words)

	RTE.ie Entertainment - Aussie singer Slim Dusty dies (76)
		Australian country singer Slim Dusty has died aged 76 after a protracted battle with cancer.
		In 2000 Dusty performed the unofficial Australian anthem, 'Waltzing Matilda', at the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympics.
		Dusty is survived by his wife Joy McKean, his daughter and son.
	www.rte.ie /arts/2003/0919/dustys.html (137 words)

	Slim Dusty
		Slim's initial tests were normal, but it was the stress test that finally revealed the severity of the problem.
		Incredibly, Slim had a 95 percent blockage of his left main coronary artery that supplies two-thirds of the blood needed by the left ventricle - the main chamber to the heart.
		Slim's cardiologist said he couldn't fix the problem with drugs or angioplasty, and that he had to have a bypass operation immediately.
	health.ninemsn.com.au /article.aspx?id=2840 (329 words)

	Slim Dusty Bio
		Slim is the most prolific and biggest selling recording artist in Australia with more than 5 million of his recordings sold on the domestic market.
		Slim has managed to hold on to those early visions of writing and singing about the bush because during his lengthy career, he has kept in touch with his audience.
		Fund-raising commences in earnest in Kempsey for a Slim Dusty Heritage Centre.
	www.slimdusty.com.au /bio.html (1996 words)

	Slim Dusty
		The coffin draped in the Aussie flag with Slim's Akubra hat and a spray of wild flowers on top was carried to the hearse by Slim's son David, son in law Greg, grandsons Daniel and James, Rod Coe and Mike Kerin to the tune " Until we meet again".
		Slim was the first Australian to receive a Gold Record (still the only 78 rpm gold record in existence in this country), the first Australian to have an international record hit, and the first singer in the world to have his voice beamed to earth from space in 1983.
		SLIM DUSTY swapped his trademark bush hat for a mortarboard as he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Western Australia's Edith Cowan University in recognition of his contribution to Australian music over six decades, reports The West Australian.
	www.countryragepage.com /slimdusty.htm (2621 words)

	The Slim Dusty Centre Project. Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
		The Slim Dusty Centre will be a world class centre, of national significance, depicting the life and achievements of Slim and the way in which his music has reflected the changing face of Australia.
		Slim and I have always wanted a home for the memorabilia of a lifetime spent on the road throughout the length and breadth of a country we both love.
		Hopefully, the Slim Dusty Centre will provide an insight into this Australia of ours; will be a centre of pride to the Macleay Valley; will be a living example of everything that makes this nation unique to the world.
	www.slimdustycentre.com.au (687 words)

	Slim Dusty dies - www.smh.com.au
		Dusty's death was like the loss of a father for rising music stars, music historian Glenn A Baker said.
		He said Dusty was "intrinsically and unapologetically Australian" and despite his age and ailing health it seemed impossible that he had passed away.
		Dusty also had a profound effect on most of Australia's younger country music stars, many of whom would feel like they've lost a father today.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/09/19/1063625203882.html (725 words)

	Slim Dusty statement from EMI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		After a lengthy and private battle with cancer, Slim Dusty died at home at 9.10am today in the company of his wife and soulmate, Joy McKean and his two children, Anne and David.
		Slim Dusty was the first Australian to receive a Gold Record (still the only 78 rpm gold in existence in this country).
		Slim is the first Australian to have an international record hit, and the first singer in the world to have his voice beamed to earth from space (in 1983, astronauts Bob Crippen and John Young played Slim's "Waltzing Matilda" from space shuttle 'Columbia' as it passed over Australia).
	www.undercover.com.au /news/2003/20030919_slimdustyb.html (395 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Music \| Australian singer Slim Dusty dies
		Dusty signed his first record contract in 1946 but his career really took off 10 years later with the hit song A Pub With No Beer.
		Slim Dusty was born David Gordon Kirkpatrick in 1927 in the north eastern town of Kempsey, and grew up on a dairy farm in the nearby village of Nulla Nulla Creek.
		Dusty is survived by his wife Joy McKean and his son and daughter, David and Anne Kirkpatrick.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/3122314.stm (335 words)

	Slim Dusty
		Slim is a legend in Australian Country Music.
		Slim was the first Australian to receive a gold record, the first to have an international hit (Pub With No Beer).
		Slim has won over 30 Golden Guitars, was one of the first to be inducted to the Country Music Roll of Renown, has more gold and platinum records than any other Australian, ARIA Awards (including induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame),gold and platinum awards for video sales, and an MBE (for services to entertainment).
	members.tripod.com /~ozcm/slim.html (165 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Music \| State funeral for Australian star
		Dusty, 76, who died on 19 August after a battle with cancer, was one of Australia's best-loved homegrown stars.
		Dusty's body was carried in a coffin covered with an Australian flag, a battered bushman's hat and a bunch of native flowers.
		Peter Garrett, singer with Australian rock band Midnight Oil, said Dusty's songs were "a conversation in an Australian accent free of prejudice and vanity".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/3141982.stm (425 words)

	Slim Dusty :: Backyard
		Australian Icon and Country Music Legend Slim Dusty was given a State Funeral Friday, 26th, September at St. Andrew's Cathedral in Sydney.
		Reporter Kendall Jackson spoke to Slim when he was visiting Port Pirie in South Australia a while back and asked him how he became a specialist country music artist...
		Slim Dusty along with his daughter, Anne Kirk Patrick and trusty guitar called into the ABC South East studio just before Slim’s sold-out concert in Mount Gambier.
	www.abc.net.au /backyard/slim.htm (283 words)

	Blog of Death: Slim Dusty
		Dusty sold more than 5 million records and performed his repertoire of 1,000-plus songs on tours that traveled all over the country.
		slim was a great man we shall remember him forever as he shall always be in our hearts we remember all of slims family on this very special day.
		Slim Dusty was a family guy and had a passion for music.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000334.html (1265 words)

	Country Music CDs - Discovery Records, UK
		Title: The Slim Dusty Show - Townsville 1956
		Re-issue of 1990 album from French finkerpicking guitarist par excellence, Marcel Dadi, who is joined by some of the country music capital’s finest including his good pal Chet Atkins and steel player Buddy Emmons.
		Slim Dusty’s 1st album reissued on CD with original cover.
	www.discovery-records.com /country.htm (165 words)

	Slim Dusty family say thanks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The family of the late Slim Dusty have issued a statement thanking fans for their well-wishing following the passing of the Australian music icon on Friday.
		"To all the people who ever came to a Slim Dusty concert, or listened to his music and sang along with his songs, he gave something special that became part of their lives" they say in their statement.
		Slim Dusty will be given a State funeral by the New South Wales government later in the week.
	www.undercover.com.au /news/2003/20030921_slimdusty.html (276 words)

	ACMF Roll of Renown Slim Dusty
		Slim is Australia's most prolific recording artist having achieved more than five million units on the domestic market.
		Born David Gordon Kirkpatrick, Slim changed his name back in the '40s before heading to the city and what was to be the start of an amazing career as the voice of our nation, the chronicler in song of more than half a century of Australia's history.
		Slim was Chairman of the Country Music Association of Australia since its foundation in 1992 to 2001 when he was voted by members into the position of Honorary Life President.
	www.acmf.org.au /ror/slimdusty.html (326 words)

	The Slim Dusty Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is proposed that the Slim Dusty Centre will, in addition to a museum of Slim Dusty’s life and music, incorporate a gallery and concert facility, an entertainment venue for country music and a recording studio.
		Slim was awarded 36 Golden Guitars at the Tamworth Country Music Awards, was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and the Country Music Roll of Renown and was named Father of the Year and Senior Australian of the Year in 1999.
		I congratulate all those who have come together to support this project, including the Slim Dusty Foundation, and in particular Slim’s wife Joy, Australia’s Holiday Coast Area Consultative Committee, the local community and the state government.
	www.pm.gov.au /News/media_releases/media_Release984.html (283 words)

	Slim Dusty, Pub with No Beer, Waltzing Matilda, Australian of the Year
		Slim Dusty, born David Gordon Kirkpatrick, was an Australian country music singer, songwriter and a true Aussie icon.
		Slim and Shorty turned to touring with travelling tent shows until Slim's father died suddenly in 1945.
		Slim died at home in Sydney at 9.10am Friday, 9 September 2003 in the company of his wife Joy McKean and his two children, Anne and David, after a lengthy battle with cancer.
	alldownunder.com /oz-p/slim-dusty.htm (980 words)

	Slim Page
		Slim was a legend in the Australian Music Industry, not just in Country Music.
		West of Winton is a classic Slim Dusty bush ballad album and was meant to be released in 1999 but then it was realised, after a count back, that this then would have been Slim's 99th album.
		As Slim already had solid plans in place for that release, "Winton", as it's become known by fans, was shelved.
	www.countrymusic.com.au /cmstore/slim.htm (1367 words)

	Slim Dusty News
		News about Slim Dusty continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		Slim Dusty made the song famous but now debate rages about where the pub actually is.
		The " Town and Country " that Slim sang of was in Sydney.
	www.topix.net /who/slim-dusty (507 words)

	Slim Dusty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		David Gordon "Slim Dusty" Kirkpatrick, AO, OBE (June 13, 1927—September 19, 2003) was an iconic Australian country music singer-songwriter.
		Dusty not only recorded songs written by himself and other fellow Australian performers, but also recorded classic Australian poems by Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson with new tunes, to call attention to the old 'Bush Ballads.'
		In 1970, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to music.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slim_Dusty (542 words)

	Slim Dusty
		If there is one thing country music legend Slim Dusty knows after 50+ years in the Australian Music Industry, it's that fans will ask you to sign anything.
		Slim Dusty`s wife Joy and Sister in law Heather (McKean Sisters) and daughter Ann also
		Her enthusiasm is understandable - Slim Dusty has recorded over 100 albums (most with the same label, EMI) and is known as Australia's King of Country Music.
	www.emuszine.com /archives/slim_dusty.htm (402 words)

	Australian song, Pub with No Beer, Slim Dusty
		Gordon was friends with Slim Dusty and joined him on one of his tours.
		Much to Slim's surprise, the "B" song, The Pub with No Beer, rose to #1 at 2UE radio station in Sydney from all the air play it received.
		Slim Dusty received the first gold record awarded in Australia for the song.
	www.whatsthenumber.com /oz-u/songs/pub-with-no-beer-20.htm (650 words)

	Slim Dusty - AOL Music
		The Slim Dusty Story starts back in the 1940s on a remote dairy farm in the...
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	music.aol.com /artist/slim-dusty/1965/main (95 words)

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