For kwil3400: I had many hours with my Friend (Culburra NSW), with many discussions about early Australian and American country (more blue grass for the US). I learnt much from him, and I saw the same sort of information in the later released Country Music in Australia volumes by the late Eric Watson.
Good stuff, Buddy was great, I knew an old Gent who stated that Buddy, in his busking days, could clear the nearby theaters at intermission and patrons would stay to listen and not return to the theater. Loved to have seen that.