Rankin, Dusty

Rankin, DustyRankin, DustyDusty Rankin [Roger Hogan] (* nr Birchip, Vic., 8 Feb. 1924) country music singer-songwriter. Writing his first song at the age of 16, he learned guitar and polled best on Australia's Amateur Hour in 1946. He appeared in Skuthorpe's Rodeo in 1947, his first single, Where The Murrumbidgee Wends Its Way, was released in 1948, and he travelled with road shows until 1961, when he settled down as a sheep and wheat farmer. An effortless singer of ballads, many of which are…