Stan Coster OAM was an Australian country music singer-songwriter. His songs were regularly performed by Slim Dusty and other singers. He is the father of country music singer Tracy Coster.
Bust of Stan Coster, Bicentennial Park, Tamworth, NSW.
Statue of the "Cunnamulla Fella" erected as a tribute to songwriter Stan Coster and singer Slim Dusty. The Shire of Paroo hall in Cunnamulla (which was later rebuilt after this photo was taken in 2010) is in the background.
Stan Coster memorial, carpark of the Tenthill Hotel, 2006
Australian country music is a part of the music of Australia. There is a broad range of styles, from bluegrass, to yodeling to folk to the more popular. The genre has been influenced by Celtic and English folk music, the Australian bush ballad tradition, as well as by popular American country music. Themes include: outback life, the lives of stockmen, truckers and outlaws, songs of romance and of political protest; and songs about the "beauty and the terror" of the Australian bush.
Slim Dusty, who was the best-selling domestic country artist
Early country star Johnny Ashcroft
A 1905 collection of old bush songs compiled by Banjo Paterson. Australian country music is heavily influenced by American country music, but grew also out of an Australian tradition of Bush ballads and poetry.
Country singer Reg Lindsay and Joan Clarke on the Hour of Song radio program, 2UW Radio Theatre, Sydney in 1954
