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Australia is introduced to Rock and Roll through television and the radio.
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In 1956, Australia was introduced to Television and Rock & Roll.
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Rock and roll really take off with Bill Haley's Rock and Roll tour.
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The first australian rock and roll song was "Rock and roll washboard" by the schneider sisters.
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Rock & Roll really took off in 1957 with Bill Haley's tour.
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The first Australian song was "Rock 'n' Roll washboard" by the Schneider Sisters in 1957.
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The international surf music boom launched the next phase of australian music.
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The international surf music boom from 1962 launched the next phase of Australian music.
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The arrival of The Beatles in Adelaide brought more than 300,000 people to meet them
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When The Beatles' 1964 Australian tour arrived in Adelaide, an estimated 300,000 people turned out to meet them.
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1964–1969 was known as the 'Second Wave' of Australian rock. The leading acts included Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, Bobby & Laurie, the Easybeats, the Twilights, and Lynne Randell.
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The second wave of Australian Rock included artists such as Billy Thorpe and the aztecs, Bobby & Laurie, The easybeats, The Twilights, Lyndell Randell.
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The 1970's Australian Rock bands became well known for their classic hard rock.
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In the 1970s Australian rock bands became well known for their classic hard rock.
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Cold Chisel formed under the name orange
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AC/DC formed in 1973 with Angus young, Malcolm Young and Dave Evans.
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Cold Chisel formed in Adelaide in 1973, under the name Orange.
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AC/DC formed in 1973 from brothers Angus and Malcolm Young and Dave Evans.
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Solo aussie rock acts became very successful during this stage in aussie rock. These include John Farnham, Darryl Braithwaite and Jimmy Barnes.
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Australian rock gains world-wide attention and confidence
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In the 1980's the Australian rock gained the attention of people all over the world
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Solo acts such as John Farnham, Darryl Braithwaite and Jimmy Barnes were very successful during this period in Australia.
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Alternative rock of various kinds such as grunge became more and more popular during the 90's.
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Throughout the world and Australia, alternative rock of various kinds became more popular during the 1990s, especially grunge.
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During the 1990’s Australia somewhat saw rock music end and other styles begin. Bands like Regurgitator used heavy guitar while Yothu Yindi, used traditional Aboriginal music.
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Rock styles became less and less popular as a result of bands that used different styles of music. The band such as regurgitator used heavy guitar while bands like Youth Yindi used traditional aboriginal style music.
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Independant music festivals such as big day out in Sydney beczme more and more popular.