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Guy Webster
Associated acts Broken Head

Guy Webster is a Brisbane singer/songwriter. He is a member of Broken Head, [1] The Informants and Guy Webster and Friends [2] [3] and released his solo self-titled debut EP in 2002. To promote the EP he went on a national tour with George. [4] [5] [6] In 2003, Webster worked with poet Doug Thomson to release an EP, Seahorse. [7]

Brisbane capital city of Queensland, Australia

Brisbane is the capital of and the most populated city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of 2.5 million, and the South East Queensland region, centred on Brisbane, encompasses a population of more than 3.5 million. The Brisbane central business district stands on the historic European settlement and is situated inside a peninsula of the Brisbane River, about 15 kilometres from its mouth at Moreton Bay. The metropolitan area extends in all directions along the floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range, sprawling across several of Australia's most populous local government areas (LGAs)—most centrally the City of Brisbane, which is by far the most populous LGA in the nation. The demonym of Brisbane is "Brisbanite".

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References

  1. Courier Mail, 3 November 2000, "Dub be good to me" by Noel Mengel
  2. Dullroy, Joel (15 March 2002), "Ric's.THE Informants are quite a side project.", Courier Mail
  3. Mengel, Noel (7 March 2003), "The Informants #1 Independent ****", Courier Mail
  4. Gold Coast Bulletin, 2 May 2002, Road Buddies
  5. Courier-Mail, 23 August 2002, "Time for the music" by Noel Mengel
  6. Courier Mail, 10 May 2002, Local FLAVOUR by Noel Mengel
  7. "CD to highlight week", City News, 17 July 2003Mengel, Noel (14 November 2003), "Words to music", Courier Mail