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Cast photograph, from [Adelaide] Chronicle, 25 September 1952, p.37.
form y separately published work icon The Pathway of the Sun series - publisher   radio play   historical fiction  
Adaptation of The Pathway of the Sun E. V. Timms , 1949 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1952... 1952 The Pathway of the Sun
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Chronicles the adventures of convict Ginny Lockey who escapes from Hobart Town and finds her way to the free settlement at Fremantle where she meets Simon Challinor and searches for her son.

Notes

  • The National Film and Sound Archive's Australian Radio Series (1930s - 1970s) finding aid indicates that Pathway of the Sun was produced as 52 x 15 minute episodes. However, a preview of the 1952 2UW premiere, published in the Sun (Sydney) newspaper, records that the series was to be broadcast for one hour over 13 weeks ('George Hart's Radio News.' 13 May 1953, p.20).

Production Details

  • 1952: First broadcast by Sydney radio station 2UW; 13 May

    • Producer Lawrence H. Cecil (for Grace Gibson productions).
    • Cast incl. Sheila Sewell (Ginney Lockey), Leonard Teale (Simon Challinor), and Lynne Murphy (Penelope Challinor).

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First known date: 1952
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  • Swan River, Western Australia,
  • 1830s
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