Famous Australians
Famous Australians is a 1939 Australian radio anthology series that told stories of famous Australians. It started 15 January and aired on 2GB for the Macquarie Network. It went for 45 episodes.[1]
Select episodes
[edit]- William Farrer (5 March 1939)
- The Henty Family and Their Settlement at Port Phillip (26 February 1939)
- George Lambert (9 April 1939)[2]
- Henry Lawson (16 April 1939)
- Governor Stirling (4 June 1939)
- Governor Arthur (25 June 1939)
- Oscar Asche (9 July (1939)
- Sir Edmund Barton (16 July 1939)
- Sir Arthur Phillips (30 July 1939)
- Parer and MacIntosh (6 August 1939)
- Sir Grafton Elliott-Smit (13 August 1939)[3]
- Charles Ulm (20 August 1939)
- Sir Edgeworth David (27 August 1939)[4]
- Harold Lasseter (3 September 1939)
- Captain Glossop and the Emden (23 September 1939)
- Sir Henry Parkes (1 October 1939)
- John MacArthur (15 October 1939)
- John McDowell Stuart (5 November 1939)[5]
- Les Darcy (12 November 1939)
- Sir Sidney Kidman (19 November 1939)[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (January 13, 1939), "Famuond Australiand A MACQUARIE PRODUCTION", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-712910618, retrieved 10 April 2024 – via Trove
- ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (April 5, 1939), "Famous Australians", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-723753517, retrieved 10 April 2024 – via Trove
- ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (August 9, 1939), "Where Was Cradle Of Civilisation?", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-726391479, retrieved 10 April 2024 – via Trove
- ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (August 23, 1939), ""Famous Australians"", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-726406848, retrieved 10 April 2024 – via Trove
- ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (November 1, 1939), "2SM's Big Playhouse Personnel", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-726489823, retrieved 10 April 2024 – via Trove
- ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (November 18, 1939), "Life Story Of Kidman", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-726513688, retrieved 10 April 2024 – via Trove