Ahh Owen, when Gerry first arrived in York he had a very strong Aussie twang, more than twenty five years ago cos we were in our old house when I first met Gerry. Dunno how long he spent there but I don't think he ever claimed he was Australian, he sang a lot of Australian songs and I suppose everyone concluded he was Australian, I suppose a bit of the twang is still there although it is not something I would scrutinise so people might be forgiven for making assumptions, if you buy the LP's or cd's there is a biog on at least two of them explaining his roots so I don't think it is an issue really.