In Popular Culture
Slim Newton popularised redbacks in his song "Redback on the toilet seat", which won the Golden Guitar at the first Country Music Awards of Australia in 1973.
The Angels' 2006 album Red Back Fever described sightings of hand sized red back spiders in outback Australia near Pine Gap
Matilda Bay Brewing Company produces a wheat beer called Redback, with the distinctive red stripe as the logo.
The South Australia cricket team is nicknamed the Southern Redbacks and known as the West End Redbacks due to its sponsorship agreement with South Australian brewer, West End.
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