Bon Scott's childhood home (Scotland)

The house at 28 Kirriemuir Avenue is believed to be the childhood home of Bon Scott in Kirriemuir, Scotland -- the address where the future AC/DC frontman lived with his family before their emigration to Australia in 1952. Scott was born in nearby Forfar in 1946 and spent his first six years in Kirriemuir, the small Angus market town his family had been part of for generations through his grandfather's bakery on Bank Street. He was old enough to form memories of Scotland before leaving, but young enough that Australia became his real home.

The connection between Scott's Scottish origins and his eventual persona as rock's great Australian outlaw is one of the more interesting threads in his story. He grew up in a Scotland of postwar austerity and tight community, then was deposited into working-class suburban Melbourne and later Fremantle -- a culture of hard drinking, surf, and industrial labour that suited his temperament perfectly. The Scott who played in bands around Perth in the late 1960s, got into trouble with the law, and eventually became one of rock's defining vocalists was shaped by both worlds.

The house on Kirriemuir Avenue is a private residence and is not officially marked as Scott's childhood home, though the address is referenced in AC/DC heritage resources and local Kirriemuir documentation. It is typically visited as part of the broader town heritage trail that includes the statue on High Street and the family bakery on Bank Street.