News about Bon Scott

Ten Pound Poms, a literary British set in 1956, follows a group of fictional British characters who took advantage of the Australian government's offer to move them to Oz and provide subsidised housing and jobs for them. The Assisted Passage Migration Scheme operated in various stages from 1945 to 1972, enticing more than a million and a half Britons who could apply for Australian citizenship after a year. If they wanted to return to Britain within two years, they would have to pay their £10 back and finance their own journey (roughly £6,000 in today's money). Set in 1956, Ten Pound Poms follows a bunch of fictional Brits who took advantage of the Australian government's offer to transport them to Oz and provide subsidised housing and jobs for them for £10 per person

Brian Johnson of AC/DC has settled a long-running rumors about the Australian rock band's most well-known record, Back in Black. Johnson, 75, of north-east England, became the group's frontman in April 1980, only two months after the death of original singer Bon Scott. Brian's memoir The Lives of Brian argues that he did not write the lyrics to the songs on Back in Black but instead used "scribbles" left behind from one of [Scott's] notebooks before he died.

Following Queen Elizabeth II's death, Osher Günsberg has shared his two cents on who should appear on Australia's $5 note. Grace Tame, who appeared on Channel 10 earlier this year, offended former Prime Minister Scott Morrison's infamous side-eye, and she should be immortalized on the country's currency, according to the channel ten host. Along with several other fan-made suggestions, including Bon Scott from AC/DC and Kath Day-Knight from ABC sitcom Kath & Kim, he mocked a mock-up on Facebook of what such a note might look like.