Kev Carmody (b. 1946) grew up on a cattle station on the Darling Downs, where his parents worked as drovers. Aged ten, he and his brother were sent away from their parents to a so-called school in Toowoomba, where they experienced frequent punishment but little education. Carmody's first album, Pillars of Society (1988), was described as 'arguably the best protest album ever made in Australia'. Another four albums followed, among them Bloodlines (1993), which included Carmody's own rendition of the land rights anthem, 'From Little Things Big Things Grow', which he co-wrote with Paul Kelly. At the 2005 Deadlys, he received the Jimmy Little Award for his lifetime contribution to music; and in 2009 he was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.
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