The ABBA Phenomenon in Australia

	THE AUSTRALIAN DISCOGRAPHY The full details of all ABBA records released in Australia, including release dates, full track listings and picture sleeves. Currently available
	AUSTRALIAN MERCHANDISE & MEMORABILIA A comprehensive list of ABBA merchandise that has been available in Australia.
	THE AUSTRALIAN TOUR 1977 Relive the excitement of ABBA's only Australian concert tour. Full tour itinerary, concert play list, and more.
	THE PROMOTIONAL TOUR 1976 Full details of ABBA's first visit to Australia in 1976 to record the television special THE BEST OF ABBA.
	ABBA - THE MOVIE The story of ABBA - THE MOVIE, including full credits, songs featured and a behind the scenes look at the making of ABBA's only feature film.
	THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL All about the commercials ABBA made for the Japanese electronics manufacturer NATIONAL.
	KEEP AUSTRALIA BEAUTFUL ABBA's involvement in the national anti-litter campaign
	THE ARCHIVE A collection of classic articles from newspapers, magazines and other publications.
	ABBAWORLD The Official Interactive Exhibition in Australia.
	MAMMA MIA! 2017-2018 National Tour plus previous Australasian productions of smash hit musical based on 22 of ABBA's songs. MAMMA MIA! THE MOVIE
	THE GALLERY A selection of ABBA pictures, plus links to all the picture galleries contained in each section of the site.
	ABBA LINKS Many Australian-based ABBA sites, plus some of my favourites from overseas
	CREDITS The people and resources that have helped build this site.
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This site was created 19 July 1997
It was last updated 01 December 2018

Featured in The Official International ABBA Fan Club Magazine no. 92, September 2007 Featured in the article How Could We Resist You? in The Weekend Australian Magazine, 3-4 March 2007.

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30 June 2007

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DECEMBER

1974	Waterloo EP released
1975	ABBA LP hits number one, stays there for 11 weeks
1975	The Best Of ABBA LP, then only available in two states, enters national album chart at number 72
1976	Stig Anderson and Görel Hanser visit Australia to promote Arrival LP and ABBA's upcoming concert tour
1977	World premiere of ABBA - THE MOVIE, with Stig Anderson in attendance, at the Regent Theatre in Sydney
1980	On And On And On/The Piper single released
1980	Super Trouper LP peaks at number five
1981	ABBA's final studio LP The Visitors released
1982	ABBA - The Singles - The First Ten Years double LP released
1982	Frida's single To Turn The Stone released
1982	Agnetha and Tomas Ledin's duet single Never Again released
1984	Benny and Björn's musical concept LP Chess released
1992	ABBA GOLD CD reaches number one, stays there for four weeks
2000	Björn visits Melbourne for final auditions for MAMMA MIA!
2003	MAMMA MIA! opens in Adelaide
2004	MAMMA MIA! re-opens in Brisbane
2010	ABBAWORLD exhibition opens in Sydney
2010	ABBA The Vinyl Collection box set released
2016	Arrival 40th anniversary half-speed mastered double LP released
2017	Mamma Mia! national tour opens in Brisbane

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