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Posts Tagged Blue Hills

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GWEN MEREDITH…A SUBVERSIVE? 😎

On May 26, 2022   /   History   /   2 Comments
Tags: ABC Radio, Ben Chifley, Blue Hills, Government propaganda, Gwen Meredith, Radio Serials, The Lawsons
GWEN MEREDITH...A SUBVERSIVE? 😎

Gwen Meredith was the writer of one of Australia’s best loved radio serials; The Lawsons. I had no idea there had been a propagandist element behind its creation. In 1943 John Curtin’s Labor Government approached the ABC about highlighting the need to grow soya beans to help

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RIP ABC’s 7.45 NEWS BULLETIN

On September 21, 2020   /   Blog   /   5 Comments
Tags: ABC, ABC Radio, Blue Hills, Gwen Meredith, Killafaddy Saleyard, Tasmania
RIP ABC's 7.45 NEWS BULLETIN

Times change and today, September 21 2020, the final 7.45am news bulletin will be heard on the ABC. A SAD DAY……… Growing up in rural Tasmania during the 1950s, the 7.45am ABC news bulletin was the signal for me and my siblings to set off down our

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