They are one of the most successful bands of all time, with one album enshrined as the second-biggest selling album in history.
But do we value AC/DC here? Or are we embarrassed by the band that Rolling Stone Magazine once heralded as embodying “all the blood, sweat and arrogance” of rock’n’roll?
Because less than two months ago, the childhood home of AC/DC founders Angus and Malcolm Young was bulldozed.
Today, conservation expert James Lesh, and head of creative video, Tom Compagnoni, on which cultural sites we protect, in Australia, and which we don’t. And what this says about us.

You can read Tom's opinion piece here: Congrats Sydney, you just bulldozed your own legacy

They are one of the most successful bands of all time, with one album enshrined as the second-biggest selling album&nbsp;in history. But do we value AC/DC here? Or are we embarrassed by the band that Rolling Stone Magazine once heralded as embodying &ldquo;all the blood, sweat and arrogance&rdquo; of rock&rsquo;n&rsquo;roll? Because less than two months ago, the childhood home of AC/DC founders Angus and Malcolm Young was bulldozed. Today, conservation expert James Lesh, and head of creative video, Tom Compagnoni, on which cultural sites we protect, in Australia, and which we don&rsquo;t. And what this says about us.
You can read Tom's opinion piece here: <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/congrats-sydney-you-just-bulldozed-your-own-legacy-20250110-p5l3ee.html">Congrats Sydney, you just bulldozed your own legacy</a>

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

AC/DC - why did Sydney bulldoze an icon?

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