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Born: Established: 1964 Villawood, Bankstown area, Sydney Southwest, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 1969
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Australian rock band that formed in Sydney's Villawood Migrant Hostel in late 1964, and the first Australian rock act to score an international hit, with the 1966 single 'Friday on My Mind'. They were unusual for the period in the extent to which they foregrounded original material.

Sources include https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Easybeats.

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