The Bushwackers (band)

This article is about the 1970–current Australian band. For the 1950s Australian bush band, see The Bushwhackers (band). For the New Zealand wrestling tag team, see The Bushwhackers.

The Bushwackers
The Bushwackers at the 2010 National Celtic Festival, Portarlington, Victoria, Australia
Background information
Also known as
  • The Original Bushwhackers and Bullockies Bush Band
  • the Bushwackers Band
  • the Range Rovers
OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
GenresBush band, Australian country
Years active1970–present
Labels
MembersDobe Newton
Roger Corbett
Mark Oats
Clare O'Meara
Michael Vidale
Ben Corbett
Andy Gatus
Liam Kennedy - Clark
Gabi Louise
Websitethebushwackers.com.au

The Bushwackers Band, often simply the Bushwackers, are an Australian folk and country music band or bush band founded in 1970. Their cover version of "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" (1976) was listed in the APRA Top 30 Australian songs in 2001, alongside its writer Eric Bogle's 1980 rendition. Their top 60 studio albums on the Australian Kent Music Report are Bushfire (1978), Dance Album (1980), Faces in the Street and Beneath the Southern Cross (both 1981).