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GANGgajang are an Australian rock band who formed in 1984. The three principal figures in the original lineup were former Riptides frontman Mark "Cal" Callaghan and two former members of popular Australian hard rock band The Angels, bassist Chris Bailey and drummer Graham "Buzz" BidstrupOlivia Newton-John (born 26 September 1948) is an English-born, Australian-raised singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles (including two platinum) and 14 of her albums (including two platinum and four double platinum) have been certified gold by the RIAA. Her music has been successful in multiple formats including pop, country and adult contemporary and has sold an estimated over 100 million albums worldwide. She co-starred with John Travolta in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical, Grease, which became one of the most successful films and movie soundtracks in Hollywood history.TRANSCRIPT
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New South Wales is Australia's most populous state, contains one third (33%) of Australia's population and is located in the south-east of the country. The colony of New South Wales was founded in 1788 and originally comprised much of the Australian mainland, as well as Van Diemen's Land, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island in addition to the area currently referred to as the state of New South Wales, which was formed during Federation in 1901.
Inhabitants of New South Wales are referred to as New South Welsh or New South Welshmen. New South Wales's largest city and capital is Sydney.
The Hunter Valley is one of the largest river valleys on the New South Wales coast, and is most commonly known for its wineries and coal industry.
The climate in the Hunter Valley consists of high temperatures during summer, with the majority of rainfall occurring between January and April. The region’s tough growing conditions actually produce some of the famous Shiraz in Australia.
The Hunter Valley is Australia’s oldest producing wine region, with vines first planted in the 1820’s The Hunter region is located in New South Wales less than two hours drive north of Sydney
The Hunter Valley is a major tourist destination in New South Wales and is the 6th most visited place in Australia attracting more than 2.5 million people annually.
The valley is bordered to the west by the World Heritage listed Yengo National Park and the main road is part of the convict-built Great North Road
The Hunter Valley is Australia's main region for the breeding and rearing of Thoroughbred horses. The Upper Hunter area around Scone is one of the largest horse breeding areas in the world
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Wollombi is a small village in the Hunter Region, near Cessnock (in aboriginal language meaning the meeting place of the waters)
Born about 10 miles from the Tavern in 1929, Mel Jurd became a legend in Wollombi folklore through his various escapades, the most notable of which was his purchase of the Wollombi Wine Saloon in 1957 and the creation of Dr. Jurd's Jungle Juice
Legend has it that Mel, in his efforts to keep costs down and revenues up would save all the leftovers from the night before and pour them into a single container. Port, brandy, wine, you name it, Mel saved them all and experimented with various brewing techniques.
The Hunter Valley is one of the largest river valleys on the New South Wales coast, and is most commonly known for its wineries and coal industry.
The Hunter Region is one of Australia's most famous wine-growing regions, known for both its red and white wine varieties.
McWilliams Mount Pleasant Estate is nestled in the slopes of the Brokenback Range
Hunter Valley Gardens Village includes Roche and Tempus Two wineries, chocolate shop and many other boutique delights.
Callistemon viminalis (Red bottlebrush flower)
Magnolia Carpels: The carpels become fruits (Folicles). These are not all fully mature, but the ripe seeds have begun to emerge from those carpels that are mature
Sydney
Sound: GANGgajang – Nomads land
Olivia Newton-John - Please Don’ t Keep Me Waiting -
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