A study by universities in SA and WA has sought to shed light on the origin of the popular Australian dance routine to American singer Tina Turner's 1973 song Nutbush City Limits, and has determined it was invented by the NSW education department.
The Nutbush was distributed to teacher training institutions as a teaching aid in 1975, researchers said.
But a new study has found the routine to American singer Tina Turner's 1973 song Nutbush City Limits was invented by the New South Wales education department.University of South Australia sociologist Jon Stratton said instructions for the Nutbush were distributed to teacher training institutions as a teaching aid in 1975.
"It's possible that the Nutbush was based on the Madison — it's also likely that some schools actually taught the Madison," Professor Stratton said. "Somebody puts on Nutbush City Limits, a whole pile of Australians get up and dance to it," Professor Stratton said. "After Tina Turner passed last year, the US embassy in Canberra, as a way of acknowledging her and her importance in Australia — they all went out to the forecourt and did the Nutbush, badly I'd have to say."Oh, Nutbush! Thousands stomp to world record as spirit of Tina Turner rocks Birdsville's Big Red Bash
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