SYDNEY -- An Australian teenager who made world headlines by drawing 500 people to a wild party while his parents were away is set for a new career as a party promoter and DJ, his manager said Friday.

With his bleached-blond hair and yellow-rimmed dark glasses, 16-year-old Corey Delaney's party in Melbourne earlier this month made him a national celebrity when hundreds turned up after seeing it advertised on the Internet.

The party in the Melbourne suburb of Narre Warren also upset the teenager's parents.

Top agent Max Markson has decided to cash in by taking him on a nationwide tour, which he says could earn the apprentice carpenter up to $100,000 dollars Australian ($88,300US) over the next year.

Delaney is to be given training as a DJ, with the first date of "Corey's Party Tour" in Sydney next month.

"He is the highest-profile 16-year-old in the country," Markson told Agence France-Presse. "He will probably earn $50,000 to $100,000 this year."

Markson foresaw endorsements by marketers wanting to reach the teenage market for soft drinks, snack food, mobile telephones and other products.

Delaney had shown he could throw a great party, although he did it in the wrong place, the promoter said.

"Now we will help him throw a great party in the right place."

The teenager lives with his mother Jo and stepfather and is known by his mother's surname, although his own surname is Worthington. Although his parents were unimpressed at the time, they have been persuaded to support his latest move and have met with the promoter.

"I think time is a great healer. I am sure they will have him back in the family," Markson said.

Asked what the teenager would do with the money, the promoter said: "He wants to save up money to buy a car."