People from Australian rock and pop born overseas

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Name Band Place of birth Came to Australia
Zan Abeyratne I'm Talking London,
England
Chris Bailey The Saints Nanyuki, Kenya,
(Irish nationality)
Family immigrated.
Tony Barber Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs England 1963
Jimmy Barnes Cold Chisel Glasgow,
Scotland
1961, Adelaide
Family immigrated.
Beeb Birtles Zoot,
Little River Band
Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
1957, Adelaide
Kevin Borich The Party Boys
and solo
New Zealand
Terry Britten The Twilights Manchester,
England
John Butler John Butler Trio Torrance, CA,
USA
1986, Pinjarra, WA
Joe Camilleri Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
and solo
Malta
Dick Diamonde The Easybeats Hilversum,
The Netherlands
Johnny Diesel Diesel and solo Rhode Island,
USA
Perth
Joe Dolce solo artist Painesville, Ohio,
USA
Jon English solo artist London,
England
1963
Family immigrated.
Dave Evans AC/DC Carmarthen,
Wales
John Farnham solo artist

and Little River Band

Dagenham,
England
1959
Family immigrated
Neil Finn Crowded House Te Awamutu,
New Zealand
New Zealander
Andy Gibb solo artist Manchester,
England
1958, Brisbane
Family immigrated.
Barry Gibb The Bee Gees Isle of Man,
England
1958, Brisbane
Family immigrated.
Maurice Gibb The Bee Gees Isle of Man,
England
1958, Brisbane
Family immigrated.
Robin Gibb The Bee Gees Isle of Man,
England
1958, Brisbane
Family immigrated.
Colin Hay Men at Work Saltcoats,
Scotland
Family immigrated.
Bones Hillman Midnight Oil New Zealand
Marcia Hines solo artist Boston, MA,
USA
Marc Hunter Dragon Taumarunui,
New Zealand
Todd Hunter Dragon Taumarunui,
New Zealand
Brian Johnson AC/DC Dunston, Gateshead,
England
Ignatius Jones Jimmy And The Boys The Philippines
Vince Jones solo artist Glasgow,
Scotland
Wollongong
Jim Keays The Masters Apprentices Scotland
Grace Knight Eurogliders England
Ed Kuepper The Saints,
Laughing Clowns
and solo
Bremen,
Germany
Dinah Lee solo artist Waimate,
New Zealand
New Zealander
Wendy Matthews solo artist Montreal,
Canada
Reg Mombassa Mental as Anything Auckland,
New Zealand
1969, Sydney
Ted Mulry Ted Mulry Gang England
Doc Neeson The Angels Belfast
Northern Ireland
Olivia Newton-John solo artist Cambridge
England
1954, Melbourne
Family immigrated.
Peter O'Doherty Mental as Anything Auckland
New Zealand
1969, Sydney
Garth Porter Sherbet Hamilton
New Zealand
James Reyne Australian Crawl Nigeria
Graham Russell Air Supply Sherwood, Nottingham,
England
Raul Sanchez Magic Dirt Valencia,
Spain
Bon Scott AC/DC Kirriemuir,
Scotland
1952, Melbourne
Family immigrated.
Mia Schoen Sleepy Township,
New Estate,
Driving Past
Bonn,
Germany
1976, Perth
Family returned to Australia.
Clive Shakespeare Sherbet Southampton,
England
Glen Shorrock The Twilights,
Little River Band
Chatham, Kent,
England
John Stanier The Mark of Cain Baltimore, Maryland,
USA
John Swan Swanee Glasgow,
Scotland
1961, Adelaide
Family immigrated.
Red Symons Skyhooks Brighton,
England
1958, Melbourne
Deniz Tek Radio Birdman Ann Arbor, Michigan,
USA
1972
Billy Thorpe Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs Manchester,
England
1955, Melbourne,
then Brisbane
Larry Van Kriedt AC/DC San Francisco,
USA
1969, Sydney
Harry Vanda The Easybeats The Hague,
The Netherlands
1963, Sydney
Family immigrated.
Cliff Williams AC/DC Romford, Essex,
England
Marty Willson-Piper The Church Liverpool,
England
Stevie Wright The Easybeats Leeds, Yorkshire,
England
Family immigrated.
Angus Young AC/DC Glasgow,
Scotland
1963, Sydney
Family immigrated.
George Young The Easybeats Glasgow,
Scotland
1963, Sydney
Family immigrated.
John Paul Young solo artist Glasgow,
Scotland
Johnny Young solo artist, writer, producer Rotterdam,
The Netherlands
Kalamunda, WA
Malcolm Young AC/DC Glasgow,
Scotland
1963, Sydney
Family immigrated.
Peter Wynne Jonny Ryder Band, The Pistol Pete Showdown Worcester,
England
2000?, Perth
Reasons unknown