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- Birth nameRobert Watson Hughes
- Robert Hughes emigrated to Australia with his family in 1929. He taught himself to read music, learned orchestration from books, and later gained experience while working as an orchestrator and arranger with the Australian Broadcasting Commission in Melbourne. After World War II he became music arranger/editor with the ABC and remained with them until his retirement in 1976.
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- He was awarded the A.O. (Officer of the Order of Australia) in the 2005 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to the arts through music, particularly as a composer, and for the promotion of Australian music through representative organizations for musicians.
- He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1978 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to music.
- Hallet Cove, Southern Australia
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