Waltzing Matilda (radio serial)

Waltzing Matilda
Genre	drama serial
Running time	30 mins (9:30 pm – 10:00 pm)
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
Written by	Edmund Barclay
Directed by	John Cairns[1]
Original release	31 March –; 30 June 1941
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	14

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"
Episode 11 - "The Boundary Joke"
Episode 12
Episode 13 - "Never Run Smooth"
Episode 14 - "The Journey's End"

References

"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.
"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.
"Listen In!". The Pioneer. Vol. 43, no. 2211. South Australia. 21 March 1941. p. 8. Retrieved 2 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
Australasian Radio Relay League., ""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, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 36 No. 12 (March 22, 1941)), nla.obj-714824112, retrieved 2 September 2023 – via Trove
"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.
"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.

[Category:1940s Australian radio serials]]

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[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., ""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, Sydney: Wireless Press (Vol. 36 No. 12 (March 22, 1941)), 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.