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The Australian is the biggest selling daily national newspaper in Australia. It was launched in 1964.

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Radio Birdman: Divine Rites: Radio Birdman Flies Again

Essay by Nicholas Rothwell, The Australian, 21 April 1981

The rock group Radio Birdman, whose followers almost became a secret society, is soon to rise again as the New Race, a controversial name with ...

Countdown Spectacular

Retrospective by Clinton Walker, The Australian, 2007

I USED TO have this attempted joke I'd pull out at sagging Sunday afternoon barbeques when I wanted to leave. Oh well, I'd say, I ...

Hank Williams: On The Lost Highway: Hank Williams

Retrospective by Mark Mordue, The Australian, 22 October 2011

DAMNED cold. An ice storm over Nashville has closed down flights across the state of Tennessee. ...

Miles Davis: Me and Miles Davis, in a silent way

Essay by Mark Mordue, The Australian, 31 December 2011

I DON'T WANT to tell you where. It seems too private. Not that I have all that much to tell, only what I saw. Midafternoon, ...

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