The Slim Dusty Centre was the scene of the sixth annual Slim Dusty Community Mateship and Youth Awards, however, the first time the awards were presented at a gala dinner. More than 130 people attended and helped celebrate and acknowledge some of the key values...
YOU are invited to the inaugural Slim Dusty Community Mateship and Youth Awards Gala Dinner Event. It is the sixth year the awards have been staged, but the first time they will be announced at a special function. The gala dinner will be held at the...
By Thom Klein - The Macleay Argus. ANDREW Stoner brought key figures from The NSW Nationals parliamentary team by bus to home territory on Wednesday. The Deputy Premier - who is also party leader - was in fine form at the Slim Dusty Centre, where he...
More star guest artists have been announced for this year’s Slim Dusty Country Music Memories Week at Kempsey. Joining Ray Kernaghan, Tania Kernaghan and Luke O’Shea will be Anne Kirkpatrick (a regular at this special event!), Amos Morris, Dean Perrett and Taylor Pfeiffer – “The...
Organisation of the successful Slim Dusty Country Music Memories Week in Kempsey is to run from this year under the umbrella of the Slim Dusty Foundation, operators of the Slim Dusty Centre. The Foundation is now planning and organising the 2014 event, “with sincere thanks to...
The Kempsey Shire Council public forum has formed the stage for an announcement of funding from The Hon. Barry O’Farrell MP, Premier of NSW, for the Slim Dusty Centre in Kempsey. Joy McKean OAM, addressed Council to thank supporters, and update Councillors on the position and...
Lake Macquarie country music enthusiast Steve Pandel has generously donated a massive collection of music memorabilia to the Slim Dusty Centre in Slim’s hometown of Kempsey, NSW. A removal truck, whose services were donated by Mr Kingsley Mundey of International Art Services, arrived at the Centre...
Slim Dusty held integral values in life and epitomised Mateship. Who in your community aspires to uphold such values? Nominations have opened for the 2012 Dick Smith Slim Dusty Community Mateship and Youth Awards. The Slim Dusty Foundation is now calling for people from all around Australia...
What’s your favourite memory of Slim Dusty? Do you have a photo that was taken with him? Where were you when you first heard Slim singing on the radio or saw him perform live? The 13th of June is Slim’s birthday, and in 2012 the Slim...
A $30,000 grant from the Federal Government has taken the fundraising for the Slim and Joy Statue Appeal over halfway. Chairman of the Slim and Joy Statue Appeal Committee John Sommerlad said the committee had approached Member for New England Tony Windsor some time ago to...