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Tales of the Southern Cross
Genredrama series
Running time30 mins (5:30 pm – 6:00 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Written byJoy Hollyer
Directed byCharles Wheeler
Original releaseSeptember 1 (1940-09-01) –
December 8, 1940 (1940-12-08)

Tales of the Southern Cross is a 1940 Australian radio drama series by Joy Hollyer. It was a series of children's Sunday plays, based on Australian history and true adventure.[1]

Select episodes

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  1. "Treasures of the Deep" (1 September) - a boy takes his father's place on a pearling lugger of the coast of Western Australia[2]
  2. "Wrecker's Island" (8 September) - a boy fights pirates on Kangaroo Island[3]
  3. "The Bold Buccaneer" (15 September) - a cabin boy sails with William Dampier[4]
  4. "The Quartermaster" (22 September) - a cabin boy goes to Botany Bay and gets involved with Henry Hacking[5][6]
  5. "Bobbies and Bushies" (29 September) - a boy gets involved with bushrangers[7]
  6. "A Brave Australian" (6 October) - a tale about Police Trooper Walker who tracks Captain Thunderbolt[8]
  7. The Flying Doctor (13 October)[9]
  8. "The Last of the Pirates" (20 October) - about Bully Hayes[10]
  9. "The First Farmer" (27 October) - about James Ruse
  10. "Bounty Bligh" (3 November) - about William Bligh[11]
  11. "Guinea Gold" (10 November) - James Lewis (Peter Finch), New Guinea patrolman, saves an old prospector, Wall Eye Sums (Lou Vernon), from being killed by new Guinea cannibals. The two then discover gold deposits in New Guinea. Wireless Weekly said "Not a breath-taking play, but more interesting than the usual kids’ fare. And well done. Acting by Peter Pinch and Lou Vernon is worth mentioning."[12]
  12. "A Modern Moses" (17 November)
  13. "Whales in the South Seas" (1 December 1940) - Harry and Denny, two Australian boys who wanted to be whalers, do business with Archibald Mosman.[13]
  14. "The Seven Sisters" (8 December 1940) - the Aboriginal story of seven sisters who make up the Southern Cross[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Adventure Plays For Children", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 35 (35), Sydney: Wireless Press, September 1, 1940, nla.obj-720077378, retrieved 3 March 2024 – via Trove
  2. ^ "what's on the air", ABC Weekly, 2 (35), ABC, 31 August 1940, nla.obj-1314496636, retrieved 3 March 2024 – via Trove
  3. ^ "THE RADIO". Kilmore Free Press. No. 3886. Victoria, Australia. 5 September 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 3 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "THE BOLD BUCCANEER". The Riverine Herald. No. 19, 570. Victoria, Australia. 14 September 1940. p. 1. Retrieved 3 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ ""THE QUARTERMASTER"". Shepparton Advertiser. Vol. 4, no. 173. Victoria, Australia. 20 September 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 3 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (21 September 1940), "AUSTRALIA ON THE AIR", ABC Weekly, 2 (38), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1314883137, retrieved 4 March 2024 – via Trove
  7. ^ "THE BRAVE POLICE-TROOPER". Macleay Argus. No. 8812. New South Wales, Australia. 1 October 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 3 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "AUSTRALIA ON THE AIR", ABC Weekly, 2 (40), Sydney: ABC, 5 October 1940, nla.obj-1309210289, retrieved 4 March 2024 – via Trove
  9. ^ "AUSTRALIA ON THE AIR", ABC Weekly, 2 (41), Sydney: ABC, 12 October 1940, nla.obj-1309217273, retrieved 4 March 2024 – via Trove
  10. ^ "AUSTRALIA ON THE AIR", ABC Weekly, 2 (42), Sydney: ABC, 19 October 1940, nla.obj-1309224432, retrieved 3 March 2024 – via Trove
  11. ^ "No title", ABC Weekly, 2 (44), Sydney: ABC, 2 November 1940, nla.obj-1309232777, retrieved 4 March 2024 – via Trove
  12. ^ "JONATHAN LISTENS TO PLAYS Play Tells Of Gold In New Guinea", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 35 (46 (November 16, 1940)), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-720753594, retrieved 16 March 2024 – via Trove
  13. ^ "AUSTRALIA ON THE AIR", ABC Weekly, 2 (48), Sydney: ABC, 30 November 1940, nla.obj-1309270030, retrieved 3 March 2024 – via Trove
  14. ^ "AUSTRALIA ON THE AIR", ABC Weekly, 2 (49), Sydney: ABC, 7 December 1940, nla.obj-1309276999, retrieved 4 March 2024 – via Trove
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