Country Music Awards of Australia

Country Music Awards of Australia
Country Music Awards of Australia
Awarded for	Outstanding achievements in the Australian country music industry
Country	Australia
Presented by	Country Music Association of Australia and Tamworth Regional Council
First awarded	January 1973
Website	www.country.com.au or www.tcmf.com.au

The Country Music Awards of Australia also known as the Golden Guitar Awards (originally named Australasian Country Music Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, in Tamworth, New South Wales, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry.^[1] The awards are hosted at the Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre (TRECC) on the final Saturday night of the Tamworth Festival. They have been held annually since 1973.^[2] The first award ceremony had just six awards. The awards show is presented in fornt of live audience made up from the media, the music industry and the public.

^ Woodbridge, Claude; Woodbridge, Margaret (3 December 1992). "Gearing-up for Tamworth music awards". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. p. 16. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
^ Tjis, Andrew (3 January 2007). "Tamworth Prepares Country Music Awards and Festival". Undercover (Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman). Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

[Woodbridge-1] Woodbridge, Claude; Woodbridge, Margaret (3 December 1992). "Gearing-up for Tamworth music awards". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. p. 16. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

[Tjis-2] Tjis, Andrew (3 January 2007). "Tamworth Prepares Country Music Awards and Festival". Undercover (Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman). Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

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