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Shirley Thoms is an Australian artist who has been active since the 1950s. She is best known for her abstract paintings, which often feature bold colors and geometric shapes. She has exhibited her work in numerous galleries and museums around the world, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Tate Modern in London. Thoms was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, and studied at the Brisbane Central Technical College. She moved to Sydney in the 1950s, where she began her career as an artist. She has since exhibited her work in numerous galleries and museums around the world, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Tate Modern in London. Thoms has been awarded numerous awards and honors for her work, including the Order of Australia in 1989, the Australia Council Fellowship in 1992, and the Visual Arts/Crafts Board Fellowship in 1994. She is also a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Thoms is currently living in Sydney, Australia. She continues to create art and exhibit her work around the world.

Popular As Shirley Thoms-Bystrynski
Occupation Singer, songwriter
Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 12 January 1925
Birthday 12 January
Birthplace Toowoomba, Queensland
Date of death 1 July 1999 (aged 74) - Summerland Point, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales
Died Place Summerland Point, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales
Nationality Australia

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1999

After suffering from Parkinson's disease and a heart condition, she died in 1999, at Summerland Point, Lake Macquarie, NSW, aged 74.

1976

The Australian Roll of Renown honours Australian and New Zealander musicians who have shaped the music industry by making a significant and lasting contribution to Country Music. It was inaugurated in 1976 and the inductee is announced at the Country Music Awards of Australia in Tamworth in January. Thoms was the fifth artist and first woman to receive this honour.

1941

She began her career singing and yodelling songs by Tex Morton and Harry Torrani, and won a Bundaberg talent quest with Torrani's Mockingbird Yodel. In 1941, aged 16, with what is now EMI Records she became the first female solo act to record country music in Australia, as well as the first Queenslander to be featured on disc. This first batch of songs included ""Faithful Old Dog". She went on to tour Australia and New Zealand, entertaining the troops during World War II and writing songs. Thoms became known by the title of Australia's Yodelling Sweetheart. She later toured with Sole Bros Circus and met her first husband John Sole. The couple had a son, Peter and Thoms stepped away from show business, however John Sole died prematurely. In 1970, Thoms came out of retirement to appear on the Captain Cook Bicentenary Show in the Tamworth Town Hall and briefly revived her career with album releases in 1970 and 1972.

1925

Shirley Thoms-Bystrynski (12 January 1925 – 1 July 1999), was an Australian country music singer and pioneer of Australia's country music industry. She was known as Australia's Yodelling Sweetheart.

Thoms was born in January 1925, in Toowoomba, Queensland and was raised in a family of seven children.