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*''Golden Journey'' (1937)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75453252 |title=Drama Festival |newspaper=[[The Mirror (Western Australia)|The Mirror]] |volume=15 |issue=805 |location=Western Australia |date=9 October 1937 |accessdate=7 September 2023 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
*''Golden Journey'' (1937)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75453252 |title=Drama Festival |newspaper=[[The Mirror (Western Australia)|The Mirror]] |volume=15 |issue=805 |location=Western Australia |date=9 October 1937 |accessdate=7 September 2023 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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*''[[Hester Siding]]'' (1937)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41298993 |title="Hester Siding." |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=53 |issue=15,862 |location=Western Australia |date=29 April 1937 |accessdate=7 September 2023 |page=21 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
*''[[Hester Siding]]'' (1937)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41298993 |title="Hester Siding." |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=53 |issue=15,862 |location=Western Australia |date=29 April 1937 |accessdate=7 September 2023 |page=21 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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*''Coat of Arms''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2509535 |title=Australian Radio Plays |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=13 |issue=3699 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=14 August 1939 |accessdate=7 September 2023 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
*''[[Coat of Arms (radio play)|Coat of Arms]]''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2509535 |title=Australian Radio Plays |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=13 |issue=3699 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=14 August 1939 |accessdate=7 September 2023 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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*''[[Buccaneer Bay (radio play)|Buccaneer Bay]]'' |
*''[[Buccaneer Bay (radio play)|Buccaneer Bay]]'' |
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*''[[I'm a Dutchman]]'' |
*''[[I'm a Dutchman]]'' |
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Latest revision as of 10:17, 16 March 2024
Alexander Turner (1907–1993) was an Australian poet, playwright, and theatre and radio producer.[1] He was one of the leading Western Australian writers of the twentieth century.[2]
Turner was born in London and moved to Western Australia in 1925. He became one of the leading writers in Western Australia, working mostly in radio.[3] Turner became a producer in 1946.[4]
A book of his works was published in 1937.[5]
Select works
[edit]- Golden Journey (1937)[6]
- Hester Siding (1937)[7]
- Coat of Arms[8]
- Buccaneer Bay
- I'm a Dutchman
- Australian Stages
- Royal Mail
- The Neighbours
- Wheat Boat
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (1 July 1959), "Alexander Turner Studio Portrait", ABC Weekly, 21 (26), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1404251728, retrieved 7 September 2023 – via Trove
- ^ Australasian Radio Relay League. (June 15, 1940), "Playwrights Of Australia Alexander Turner, W.A.", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 35 (24), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-718490388, retrieved 7 September 2023 – via Trove
- ^ Gail Phillips, 'Turner, Alexander Frederick (Tony) (1907–1993)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/turner-alexander-frederick-tony-27727/text35405, published online 2019, accessed online 7 September 2023.
- ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission. (22 June 1946), "Playwright turns producer", ABC Weekly, 8 (23), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1334124833, retrieved 7 September 2023 – via Trove
- ^ "Plays by "Tony" Turner". The Yalgoo Observer and Murchison Chronicle. Western Australia. 10 December 1937. p. 2. Retrieved 7 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Drama Festival". The Mirror. Vol. 15, no. 805. Western Australia. 9 October 1937. p. 7. Retrieved 7 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ ""Hester Siding."". The West Australian. Vol. 53, no. 15, 862. Western Australia. 29 April 1937. p. 21. Retrieved 7 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Australian Radio Plays". The Canberra Times. Vol. 13, no. 3699. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 August 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 7 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
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