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Famous Australians

Famous Australians

1939 radio series

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

  • 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

  1. [1]
    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
  2. [2]
    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
  3. [3]
    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
  4. [4]
    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
  5. [5]
    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
  6. [6]
    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
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