Being from north Queensland I would go with Cattle & Cane but Streets of Your Town is equally as good.

Except they weren't humorless unless I'm misinterpreting Big Dumb Sex and some of Ultra Mega Ok. But Soundgarden at their dirgiest are still more interesting than much of the overly precious wimpy dinky dink stuff that passes as alternative music these days.

We could probably make our own  inventory of Play School stars in non-kiddie friendly roles.

Watching sweet, wholesome Noni Hazlehurst on Play School your whole childhood then seeing her in the movie Monkey Grip later on was equally shocking to a lot of Aussies.
Also if you want to see beloved child entertainers working blue, just google Agro's Cartoon Connection bloopers.

Appetite for Destruction - Welcome to the Jungle & It's So Easy, 2 songs that separated them from the usual hair metal herd as much as anything.

Beaster isn't bad either with Come Around leading into Tilted. Speaking of Husker Du New Day Rising/Girl Who Lived on Heaven Hill is a great double.

Some of their songs remind of old school Sesame Street songs (Outta Mind, Wilco, You Never Know).

Watching the Monkees as a pre-schooler was my intro to rock/pop music. I wouldn't be surprised if they were a rock gateway drug for a lot of people of a certain age.

A whole Rolf DeHeer article is in order. Probably Australia's most interesting and prolific film maker.

Oh and I have spent a lot of time in rural Queensland and I have never been harassed or bullied or given the stink eye but maybe that's just because I'm big and ugly.

Sounds like you need to hang out with a different crowd. But I know the type of people you speak of and the strange thing is a lot of them are also generally friendly and generous.
And for a place that is narrow minded and ultra conservative Mackay is the safest Labor seat in the state.

As a resident of the above places I'd like to know what is so crazy/dangerous/terrible about us.