Shirley Thoms

Australian country singer born 12 January 1925 in Toowoomba, Queensland and died 1999 at Summerland Point, Lake Macquarie, NSW, aged 74. In 1941, aged 16, she became the first female solo act to record country music in Australia, as well as the first Queenslander to be featured on disc. Her best selling recordings were "The Faithful Old Dog", "Where The Golden Wattle Blooms" and "Yodelling In The Moonlight".