Australian Country Music Hall of Fame

	Current Exhibitions

Home About Ambassadors Become a Foundation Supporter Broadcasters Hall of Fame Coming Events Eric Watson Award Exhibitions Foundation Supporters Hall of Fame CD Hands of Fame Roll of Renown The NEW Hall of Fame – The How – The Look – The What – The Why This website will be progressively developed to detail plans for the Hall of Fame, news and other information about fund-raising. For further information in the meantime, email us or telephone 02 6766 9696 so we can send you a brochure Thanks to our major sponsors And supporters AM Printing Blowes Menswear Brumby’s Burke & Hamilton Cheapa Music Community, Commercial & ABC Radio and all media throughout the land Country Capital Meats Drayton’s Family Wines The Good Guys, Tamworth Ron Kelly Mahony’s Discount Drug Store Mulga Music Northern Daily Leader Radio 2TM Radio 2YOU FM Anna Rose Small Business Centre Noel Smith Tamex Tamworth City News Target Tamworth Tourism Tamworth Tufrey Concreting	In the Main Hall The largest room in the building is dedicated to the Hall of Fame exhibitions, currently featuring around 40 displays on artists including many elevated to the Country Music Roll of Renown... Johnny Ashcroft • Buddy Bishop • Norm Bodkin • Geoff Brown • Lindsay Butler • Rick & Thel Carey • Johnny Chester • Stan Coster • Smoky Dawson • Trevor Day • Slim Dusty • The Hawking Brothers • Frank Ifield • Kevin King • Kenny Kitching • Ellie Lavelle • Reg Lindsay • Geoff Mack • John Minson • Tex Morton • Slim Newton • Nev Nicholls • Rocky Page • Gordon Parsons • Reg Poole • Shorty Ranger • Joan Ridgeway • Lionel Rose • The Schneider Sisters • The Singing Kettles • Jean Stafford • Shirley Thoms • Barry Thornton • Buddy Williams • George Xanthos • Brian Young. In the Smoky Dawson Room When the Hall of Fame was getting under way, country music pioneer (now the late) Smoky Dawson was approached to be patron of the organisation, an invitation he accepted with gusto. In 1997, the Smoky Dawson Room was dedicated to Smoky. It currently houses... Australian Country Music Hands of Fame An exhibition highlighting the most recent inductees into the Hands of Fame and a full listing of all inductees since the Hands of Fame cornerstone was established in 1977... Australian Country Music Festivals A changing exhibition highlighting major country music festivals in Australia. This year, we highlight the Bungendore Country Muster and Stan Coster Memorial Bush Ballad Awards and the South Australian Country Music Awards & Festival. In previous years, we have featured the National Country Music Muster at Gympie and the Mildura Country Music Festival and Australian Independent Country Music Awards... How Tamworth became Country Music Capital An exhibition established this year, on the 40th anniversary of the founding of Tamworth as Australia's Country Music Capital. Channel 10 Theatrette Also in the Smoky Dawson Room, we've set up a special theatrette with the support of major sponsor Channel 10. The Theatrette is established so visitors can view some of Australia's unique country music history. Highlights include an excerpt from the film Who Chased The Chicken starring Buddy Williams, a documentary on the life of Smoky Dawson, and the two television specials Slim Dusty, This Is Your Life.