Genre | drama feature |
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Running time | 45 mins (9:30 pm – 10:15 pm) |
Country of origin | Australia |
Language(s) | English |
Syndicates | ABC |
Written by | Edmund Barclay |
Directed by | Lawrence H Cecil |
Original release | 12 March 1938 [1] |
Canberra the Great is a 1938 Australian radio drama by Edmund Barclay that celebrated the history of Canberra. [2]
It was performed again in 1944. [3] [4]
According to Wireless Weekly "In the year 1820 a party of explorers climbed a hill over Lake George and looked down into the limestone plains, being the first white men to do so. Now standing on that same hill one can look down into a city of dreams-come-true— Canberra. In this presentation the history and legend of Australia s magnificent capital city is brought to you in a sequence of dramatic and narrative cameos, as an anniversary celebrations programme. " [5]
Genre | drama feature |
---|---|
Running time | 45 mins (9:30 pm – 10:15 pm) |
Country of origin | Australia |
Language(s) | English |
Syndicates | ABC |
Written by | Edmund Barclay |
Directed by | Lawrence H Cecil |
Original release | 12 March 1938 [1] |
Canberra the Great is a 1938 Australian radio drama by Edmund Barclay that celebrated the history of Canberra. [2]
It was performed again in 1944. [3] [4]
According to Wireless Weekly "In the year 1820 a party of explorers climbed a hill over Lake George and looked down into the limestone plains, being the first white men to do so. Now standing on that same hill one can look down into a city of dreams-come-true— Canberra. In this presentation the history and legend of Australia s magnificent capital city is brought to you in a sequence of dramatic and narrative cameos, as an anniversary celebrations programme. " [5]