has three daughters. He has two daughters with his wife, Leslie Holland. One of his daughters, Gabriella Hirst, is an artist. He also has another daughter, Jay O'Shea, who was born to a former girlfriend and was later adopted. They reunited in 2010 and have subsequently collaborated. Discography Albums See also Midnight Oil Ghostwriters Backsliders Awards and nominations APRA Awards These annual awards were established by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) in 1982 to honour the achievements of songwriters and music composers and to recognise their song writing skills, sales and airplay performance, by its members annually. From 1982 to 1990, the best songs were given the Gold Award (also called the Special Award). |- | 1989–90 || "Beds Are Burning" (Peter Garrett, Robert Hirst, James Moginie) || Gold Award || |- | rowspan="2"| 2001 || "Beds Are Burning" (Garrett, Hirst, Moginie) || APRA Top 10 Australian songs || |- | "Power and the Passion" (Hirst, Moginie, Garrett) || APRA Top 30 Australian songs || |- | 2018 || Midnight Oil (Garrett, Hirst, Martin Rotsey, Moginie, Bones Hillman) || Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music || |- | 2021 || "Gadigal Land" (Joel Davison, Rob Hirst, Bunna Lawrie) || Song of the Year || |- | 2022 || "First Nation" || Song of the Year || |- Country Music Awards of Australia The Country Music Awards of Australia is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival. Celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They commenced in 1973. (wins only) ! |- | 2017 || "The Truth Walks Slowly (In The Country Side)" O'Shea featuring Rob Hirst|| Video of the Year || || |} References General Note: Archived on-line copy has limited functionality. Note: on-line version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition. Specific External links Rob Hirst website Midnight Oil website The Ghostwriters website The Ghostwriters on MySpace The Backsliders website The Angry Tradesmen website Hirst and Greene website The Break website 1955 births Living people APRA Award winners Australian rock drummers Male drummers Midnight Oil members People educated at Sydney Grammar School