Born and raised in the rural town of Gympie in south-east Queensland. Graham is fiercely passionate about his country and his music. Graham is one of the highest award winning Country Music Writers. He began to write songs professionally in 1991. In 1992 he received a phone call from the late Slim Dusty. Slim asked permission to record a song that Graham had written, and the song "You Can't Take Australia From Me" was subsequently recorded and released on the album "Ringer From the Top End". Slim recorded a number of Graham's songs. Other country music recording artists who have chosen Graham's songs include Brian Letton, Glenn Jones, Dean Perrett, Tom Maxwell, Jeff Brown, Bob Easter, Melissa Bajric, Nathan Charlton, Brad Blanck and Dave McCallum. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Graham+Rodger">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.