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for APRA Song of the Year with his composition "Three Rivers Hotel", recorded by Slim Dusty. While on the land Coster worked as a ringer, fencer, slaughterman, horse-breaker, kangaroo shooter, and shed hand and was able to draw these experiences into his
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Stan Coster Autobiography : "Travelling My Own Track";
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