Australian Roll of Renown

Australian Country Music Roll of Renown
Awarded for	Contribution to Country Music
Country	Australia
Presented by	Country Music Awards of Australia
First awarded	1976
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The Australian Country Music Roll of Renown was inaugurated by Radio 2TM in 1976. The award honours Australian and New Zealander musicians who have shaped the music industry by making a significant and lasting contribution to Country Music. The award is determined by an independent selection panel, set up under Chairmanship of Max Ellis, one of the original founders of the Roll of Renown, the Awards and the Festival. The inductee is announced at the Country Music Awards of Australia in Tamworth in January.

List of inductees

Year	Inductees
1976	Tex Morton
1977	Buddy Williams
1978	Smoky Dawson
1979	Slim Dusty
1980	Shirley Thoms
1981	Tim McNamara
1982	Gordon Parsons
1983	The McKean Sisters (Joy and Heather)
1984	Reg Lindsay
1985	Rick and Thel Carey
1986	Johnny Ashcroft
1987	Chad Morgan
1988	John Minson
1989	The Hawking Brothers
1990	Stan Coster
1991	Barry Thornton
1992	Nev Nicholls
1993	Shorty Ranger
1994	Jimmy Little
1995	Ted Egan
1996	Dusty Rankin
1997	John Williamson
1998	Rocky Page
1999	Brian Young
2000	Rex Dallas
2001	Arthur Blanch
2002	The Schneider Sisters (Mary and Rita Schneider)
2003	Frank Ifield
2004	Webb Brothers & Kenny Kitching
2005	The Singing Kettles & Athol McCoy
2006	Reg Poole
2007	Lindsay Butler & Kevin King
2008	Geoff Mack & Jean Stafford
2009	Slim Newton
2010	Anne Kirkpatrick
2011	Phil Emmanuel and Tommy Emmanuel
2012	Terry Gordon
2013	Wayne Horsburgh
2014	Norm Bodkin & Les Parnell
2015	Ray Kernaghan & Lee Kernaghan
2016	Graeme Connors
2017	Troy Cassar-Daley
2018	Kasey Chambers
2019	James Blundell
2020	Joy McKean
2021	The Bushwackers
2022	Beccy Cole
2023	Colin Buchanan
2024	Allan Caswell