Australian Walkabout

Australian Walkabout was a TV series made for the ABC and BBC by director Charles Chauvel.[1] It was the last project completed by Chauvel prior to his death.

Australian Walkabout
Created byCharles Chauvel
Elsa Chauvel
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Running time26 mins
Release
Original networkBBC
Picture formatColor
Original release1958 (1958) –
1958 (1958)

The TV series is not to be confused with the radio programme of the same name, Australian Walkabout, which was broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Commission for three years beginning in 1947. The program used wire recorders to capture sections of real life and its "authoritative" documentaries were recorded all over Australia. One of those documentaries, created by the journalist Colin Simpson, was taped in Arnhem Land and the Tiwi Islands and recorded "Aboriginal rituals and songs never before heard on Australian radio... along with Australian birdlife."[2]

References
  1. "TELEVISION PARADE". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 4 December 1957. p. 12. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  2. Virginia Madsen, Radio Documentary, austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 24 March 2022.


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