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Bon's female friends
- Irene Thornton
- Bon's wife, Irene married Bon on the 24th January 1972 in Adelaide. They separated in 1974 before finally divorcing in 1978. After Bon's
motorcycle crash Irene helped nurse Bon back to full fitness even though their marriage was going through a rough patch. Irene and Bon remained
friends right up to his death. Irene will be immortilised forever in the AC/DC song She's got Balls, enough said.
- Anna Baba
- A Japanese girl that Bon lived with in London for a few short weeks prior to his death.
- Helen Carter
- A girlfriend of Bon's from Sydney back in 1975/6. She later went on to pursue her own musical career.
- Maureen Henderson
- Maureen used to live nearby Bon in Fremantle. She was a chilhood sweatheart.
- Maria Short (nee Van Vlijman)
- The first serious girlfriend of Bon. Maria lived with Bon between 1965 and 1968. Bon and Maria always kept in touch.
- Silver (nee Margaret Smith)
- Silver and Bon were close and lived together in London during 1976-77. At the time however Silver had a bit of a drug problem, but to her credit she has apparently kicked the habit and lives
peacefully in Adelaide. Silver and Bon remained friends right up to his death.
- Rosie
- Rosie was a bit of a rock groupie in Australia in the early days. She was renowned for her size. As the story goes Bon spend the night
with Rosie and later wrote the lyrics to Whole Lotta Rosie about his experience. As fate would have the band later met up with Rosie a few years later, by then she had lost a lot of weight and was living in Tasmania. She is reported
to be pround of the song that was written about her.
- Ruby Tuesday
- A rock groupie that was made famous by the lyrics in the track Go Down.
- Isa Scott (Bon's Mum)
- No article on the ladies in Bon's live would be complete without mentioning his mum. Isa the grand old lady loved to hear "Her Ronnie" up on stage singing. When AC/DC returned to Australia for their first gig in Australia since Bon died invited Isa to the gig , the nervous engineers and people from the record company tried
to warn hear about the noise. To which she is reported to have replied "That's all right I know when the Cannons appear"
(click here for more details of Isa Scott)
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AC/DC - Black Ice 
well they moved on down