13 September 2026
► EVENTS ON THIS DATE, 13 SEPTEMBER;
1915 The Australian Federal Government first imposed Income Tax as a wartime measure.
1926 Murulla, New South Wales – The State’s worst rail disaster to that date occurred when 12 goods waggons broke away from a train and rolled downhill for some kilometres, after a co-inciding brake failure The runaway waggons ultimately collided at high speed with the approaching Moree – Sydney overnight mail train, resulting in a toll of 26 fatalities with 38 injured.
1954 Scottsdale, Tasmania – Radio station 7DY, which formerly broadcast from Derby, commenced transmission from Scottsdale under the new callsign of 7SD.
Today’s photo: Sorell Creek, near New Norfolk, Tasmania.
Today’s Playlist :
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS |
| Graeme Connors – Ain’t That The Way It Goes | 06:06 | 2 | |
| Karen Knowles – The Heart Of Me | 06:13 | 3 | |
| ABBA – Slipping Through My Fingers | 1981 | 06:17 | 5 |
| Vintage Vinyl + Eddie Fisher – Cindy Oh Cindy | 1957 | 06:22 | 8 |
| + Patsy Cline – I Don’t Wanta | 1957 | 06:25 | 1 |
| Dave Edwards – I’ll Always Love This Place | 2026 | 06:28 | 2 |
| 101 Strings Orchestra – Memories Are Made Of This | 06:34 | 5 | |
| Debz Standen – This Old Photograph | 2026 | 06:37 | 1 |
| Mel Torme – All That Jazz Melvin Howard Tormé BKA Mel Torme,, born this day 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Died 1999 | 06:42 | 2 | |
| Alastair Spence – Forty Shades of Green | 2026 | 06:45 | 1 |
| Musical Partners + Roger Miller – King Of The Road | 1965 | 06:50 | 8 |
| + Jody Miller – Queen Of The House | 1965 | 06:52 | 8 |
| For A Listener: Anne Murray – You Needed Me | 06:55 | 10 | |
| Desi Egan & Caitriona O’Sullivan – Summer Wine | 2020 | 07:05 | 6 |
| Graeme Clarke – Livin’ Down Under | 2019 | 07:11 | 8 |
| Matt Scullion – Slanguage | 2019 | 07:13 | 4 |
| For A Listener: Ganggalang – Sounds of Then | 1985 | 07:20 | 10 |
| Sound of the 70s + Roger Whittaker – The Last Farewell Roger Whittaker, died this day in 2023 in Toulouse, France, aged 87. | 1975 | 07:25 | 13 |
| + John Denver – Thank God I’m A Country Boy | 1975 | 07:29 | 10 |
| Andre Rieu – Blue Spanish Eyes | 07:34 | 4 | |
| Lindsay Butler – Silver Wings | 2026 | 07:38 | 1 |
| Judy Stone – I’m Confessin’ | 07:42 | 1 | |
| Diamond 45 Charting on this day 1966 + Monkees – Last Train To Clarksville | 1966 | 07:47 | 8 |
| + Brian Hyland – The Joker Went Wild | 1966 | 07:50 | 3 |
| Bohemian Rogue – Days On The Green | 2026 | 07:56 | 1 |
| Glenn Jones – The Land Of The Dinosaur | 2026 | 08:05 | 0 |
| COMFORT ZONE – Familiar artists/Familiar songs + Frank Sinatra & Nelson Riddle Orchestra – I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter | 08:10 | 4 | |
| + Ken Barrie & Robert Mandell Orchestra – You’ll Never Know | 08:12 | 6 | |
| Manhattan Transfer – Tuxedo Junction | 08:17 | 4 | |
| Tom Laverty – 6.55 to Austin | 08:25 | – | |
| David Rose Orchestra – 4.20 a.m. | 08:32 | 3 | |
| Diamond 45 – Charting on this day 1966 + Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass – So What’s New | 1966 | 08:35 | 5 |
| + Four Seasons – I’ve Got You Under My Skin | 1966 | 08:37 | 1 |
| Greg Champion – She Lives Right Out On The Moonbi Range | 2026 | 08:42 | 2 |
| Jason Carruthers – Proud To Be An Aussie | 08;45 | 2 | |
| Dianne Lindsay – Days of Old Khancoban | 08:48 | – | |
| Alisha Smith – Snappy Guitar | 08:52 | 6 |