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Ted Egan
12+ albums
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Ted Egan AO (born Edward Joseph Egan in Coburg, Victoria, on 6 July 1932; died 4 December 2025) was an Australian folk singer who was raised, and lived most of his life, in the northern parts of Australia. Egan began recording in 1969 with "Drinkers of the Northern Territory" and released 30 albums, mostly themed around outback life, history and Aboriginal people. Egan presented and narrated 6 episodes of the 1989 series This Land Australia, a series devoted to iconic Australian people and places. He also wrote and performed the show's theme song of the same name. Egan was appointed Administrator of the Northern Territory in 2003. Official site: http://www.tedegan.com.au/bio.htm NT government page: http://www.nt.gov.au/administrator/biographies/administrator.shtml User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
