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Dame Nellie Melba broadcasts from Marconi's London studio in 1920
2FC, Melbourne (Farmer and Company), the official opening, 1924
W.M 'Billy' Hughes, opening a new 2FC transmitter in 1926
Maurice Dudley, broadcasts from 3LO Melbourne, 1927
A.S. (Stan) Cochrane, 'The Hello Man' on 2FC, Sydney, c.1928
2BL's W.A. (Mick) Ferry broadcasts from Sydney Racecourse, 1930
Dorothy Brunton, introduces a live theatre broadcast in 1931
ABC Melbourne Dance Band led by Cecil Fraser (R),1932
Frank Hatherley, alias 'Bobby Bluegum', a 'Radio Uncle', c.1932
Newton Hobbs, reading the news direct from the newspaper, 1933
Sir Ernest Fisk, testing AWA receivers at his home c.1930's
Charles Moses broadcasts a 'synthetic' cricket test, 1934
Thelma Shortell broadcasts from 3WR Wangaratta, c.1935
Stephanie Deste, broadcasts on 3LO Melbourne, c.1935
W.A. (Mick) Ferry, the first regular racecaller in Australia c.1936
Orson Welles directs the Mercury Theatre Players, c 1938
Clem Brown, probably at 3KZ Melbourne in the late 1930s
'Australia Calling', the official opening on Dec. 20, 1939
Franklin D. Roosevelt, giving one of his 'fireside chats', c.1940
Ray Miller, one of the first women announcers in the ABC, 1941
Logo of 'The Argonauts' a 'radio club' for children c.1941 - 72
Peter Hemery interviews an Australian Army Officer in 1942
Peter Finch, with 'Argonaut' Andrina Watton, c.1943
Harry Dearth's - Lux Radio Theatre c.1948
'Blue Hills' a publicity photo for the ABC radio serial, 1949
Talbot Duckmanton broadcasts at a golf tournament in 1949
'The Kellogs Show' with 'Smoky' Dawson, 1950
A family and their radio c.1950
Edward 'Ed' Murrow, the wartime radio journalist moves to television, c.1950
'The Bader Story' a publicity photo for the 3DB radio serial, 1954
ABC announcers a publicity photo taken in Sydney, Australia, 1954
Jack Davey, Bob (Pick A Box) Dyer's 'radio arch rival', 1955
Cliff 'Nicky' Nicholls, and his 'panel operator' Graham Kennedy, c.1955
Ann Roberts, conducts 'Kindergarten of the Air' in 1955
Bob and Dolly Dyer, c.1960
'Bob' Dyer and guest on his popular quiz show 'Pick A Box', 1960
Graham Kennedy and Albert 'Bert' Newton at 3AK, Melbourne, 1960
'Queenie' Ashton one of the stars of 'Blue Hills'. c.1960
'Happy' Hammond, a radio 'star' successful also in 'TV', c.1960
Peter Evans, 3LO Melbourne's much loved 'breakfast session' host, c.1980
Margaret Throsby with the then Prime Minister, 'Bob' Hawke c.1985
Alan McGilvray, doyen of Australian cricket commentators, c.1990
Terry Lane, ABC broadcaster and master of 'The Interview' c.1990
Peter Cave in an air raid shelter for homeless people in Tel Aviv during a scud attack, 1991.
Despite digital restoration, many of the images above are of less than ideal quality. Should better copies come to hand, the files will be updated. Meanwhile some 1000 more images are currently being prepared for the next major update to this and other 'image' based pages. (proposed for early to mid 1998)
As time permits, the intention is to also add sound files to this page. Once again, these files will be of varying quality depending on the original recording and 'number of generations removed' my copy is from the original.
April, 1997
This project is still being continued (post doctorate) and will attempt to indeed add further material as time permits. Thankyou.
December, 1999.
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