The tongue-in-cheek plaque, reading “The Doug Anthony Allstars were born and died here,” sits within the Civic memory quilt at the intersection of Petrie Plaza and City Walk, where the trio regularly busked in the late 1980s.

Comedian and founder of DAAS Tim Ferguson cut the ribbon at the site of the plaque today on behalf of his fellow group members, well-known television personalities Paul McDermott and Richard Fidler.

The group, who performed together between 1984 and 1994, first began performing as buskers on the streets of Canberra while they were university students.

After winning the Pick of the Fringe award at the 1986 Adelaide Fringe Festival, the group relocated from Canberra to Melbourne, and eventually achieved international success and their own TV shows on the BBC.

Canberra CBD Limited CEO Stephen Gregory calls DAAS an “iconic part of Canberra’s history.”

“It’s fitting that their contribution to Canberra is commemorated in the civic memory quilt,” he says.

“Public art plays an important role in the Canberra CBD and it is great to have a notable Canberra native like Tim Ferguson endorse this, even if it is somewhat overdue.”

Ferguson says he has many fond memories of performing in his “old stomping ground” Canberra and would like further memorials around Civic, Belconnen and Woden.

“A DAAS statue-fountain in every suburb – is that so much to ask?” he says.