Andrew Swift Named Ambassador for the Dog On The Tuckerbox

Country star Andrew Swift has been named the official Ambassador for the iconic Dog on the Tuckerbox at Gundagai.

The Dog on the Tuckerbox was recently restored after being vandalized earlier this year.

“I’m truly honoured and absolutely stoked with the council’s decision to make me ambassador for Gundagai’s beloved dog,” said Swift. “It is definitely a title I will wear with pride…it means a lot to me and I hope that I can make the locals proud with my representation for their Dog on the Tuckerbox in all my travels both nationally and abroad.”

Swift added, “I once made a sweeping statement that I’m pretty sure it’s illegal to not stop and get a photo with the Dog on the Tuckerbox.”

The Dog on the Tuckerbox was fully restored in August after vandals damaged the 87-year old statue in July.

The Dog on the Tuckerbox came from 1857 poem ‘Bullocky Bill’ by Jack Moses.

‘If Nobby don’t get me out of this
I’ll tattoo his ——— hide.’
But Nobby strained and broke his yoke,
And poked out the leader’s eye;
And the dog sat in the tucker box
Five miles from Gundagai.”

The poem became the inspiration for the 1937 song ‘Where the Dog Sits on the Tuckerbox’ by Jack O’Hagan. O’Hagan also wrote ‘On The Road To Gundagai’ in 1922.