Waltzing Matilda (radio serial)

Waltzing Matilda
Wireless Weekly 29 March 1941
Genredrama serial
Running time30 mins (9:30 pm – 10:00 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Written byEdmund Barclay
Directed byJohn Cairns[1]
Original release31 March –
30 June 1941
No. of series1
No. of episodes14

Waltzing Matilda is a 1941 Australian radio serial by Edmund Barclay.[2]

Premise

In 1910, John Hargreaves, a thirty-something clerk in the city, quits his job to travel the country and become a swagman.[3] He is befriended by a man called Nugget.[4]

Episodes

  • Episode One - "The Turning of the Worm"
  • Episode Two - "The Open Road"
  • Episode Three - "Samaritans"
  • Episode Four - "Trouble Brewing"[5]
  • Episode Five - "The Trouble Brewed"
  • Episode Six - "Bush Law"
  • Episode Seven - "Back to the Track"
  • Episode Nine - "A Good Old Nark"[6]
  • Episode 10 - "The Road Again" - "Who shot old man Downs? Nugget says good luck to him, anyhow whoever it was. John, however, makes out a very good case to the effect that old man Downs accidentally shot himself, and then tried to put the blame on his son, Perce. When Nugget realises this, he determines to give old man Downs a piece of his mind."[7]
  • Episode 11 - "The Boundary Joke"
  • Episode 12
  • Episode 13 - "Never Run Smooth"
  • Episode 14 - "The Journey's End"

References

  1. ^ "Director of "Waltzing Matilda."". West Coast Sentinel. Vol. XXX, no. 1535. South Australia. 18 April 1941. p. 4. Retrieved 2 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Broadcasting Features". The Areas' Express. Vol. LXIV, no. 3271. South Australia. 27 June 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 2 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Listen In!". The Pioneer. Vol. 43, no. 2211. South Australia. 21 March 1941. p. 8. Retrieved 2 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (March 22, 1941), ""Waltzing Matilda" Tale of Open Road – New Serial For A.B.C. Is By Edmund Barclay", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 36 (12), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-714824112, retrieved 2 September 2023 – via Trove
  5. ^ "Merry-Go-Round". Barrier Daily Truth. Vol. XXXIII, no. 9936. New South Wales, Australia. 21 April 1941. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Waltzing Matilda". Barrier Daily Truth. Vol. XXXIII, no. 9964. New South Wales, Australia. 26 May 1941. p. 5. Retrieved 2 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (May 31, 1941), "MON DAY...JUNE 2", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 36 (22), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-714903563, retrieved 4 November 2023 – via Trove