Legendary Australian country singer Slim Dusty was given a state funeral on Friday attended by, among others, the Australian prime minister John Howard. As previously reported Dusty died after a long battle with cancer. The funeral was screened on three Aussie TV channels.
Among those gathered at the funeral was Peter Garrett, singer with Australian rock band Midnight Oil, who said Dusty's songs were "a conversation in an Australian accent free of prejudice and vanity". Slim didn't come from the wrong side of the tracks. Where Slim came from, there were no tracks at all."