For 50 years, Jim Moginie was a driving force behind Australia’s iconic rock band, Midnight Oil, with the five band members forming a firm ‘five against the world’ friendship.
Raised by a loving family, he had learned as a child that his biological mother had given him up for adoption. Gradually, alongside the Oils' success, stardom and controversy, Jim began a quest to find his birth family. These twin paths led him from suburban Sydney through the nascent Australian punk scene and the uncharted musical territory of the Western deserts to the stadiums of Europe and America, the meandering roads and verdant hills of rural Ireland, countless musical collaborations, and poignant reunions with band members and long-lost relatives.
His autobiography The Silver River is a fascinating insight into the creative processes that produced some of Australia’s most beloved songs, but is also a coming-of-age story, a family chronicle, and a must-read for anyone interested in the history of Australian music.
In conversation with Liz Deep-Jones.
Session details
When: Friday 15th March, 1.15-2.15pm
Where: Darley Smith Building
Cost: $20