Melbourne Leader is reporting:

Australian rock legends AC/DC had a street named after them in Madrid, the mayor had 15 copies of the street sign made in anticipation most would be stolen.

Such is the global reach of Acca Dacca, who topped Australia’s richest entertainers list by earning $105 million last financial year.

And Melbourne’s own Arts Centre is paying due tribute with the first exhibition about the band, AC/DC Australia’s Family Jewels.

The show’s curator, Tim Fisher, is keen for Melburnians who are not necessarily fans to experience the phenomenon that is this group.

“AC/DC is viewed by some people as a bit downmarket,” he said.

“Many people would not like to admit it but . . by a long way, AC/DC is Australia’s most influential performing groups. No other performing artist has that sort of profile or public presence.”

The exhibition had been developed in agreement with the band, a rare opportunity for a curator, Fisher told the Melbourne Leader.

“This is pretty much a chronology looking at 35 years. It’s like a survey exhibition.

“I have not tried to be comprehensive but rather taken the best material I can find to represent the different periods.”

Fisher started with the Arts Centre’s own 'relatively small' AC/DC collection, begun in 1988, and borrowed the majority from two particularly devoted collectors - one in New York. Material has also been sought, solicited and donated from many other sources.

“Mrs Scott, Bon Scott’s mother, has kindly lent us some much-treasured material including photos and Bon Scott’s passport.

A few years ago she gave us his last leather jacket,” Fisher said of Bon, who died in 1980.

“We sought the band’s stage cannon; had it brought over from the States.”

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The Melbourne Art Centre is presenting AC/DC Family Jewels, a collection of memorabilia from the band and their record company, from November 7th to February 28th, 2010.