It was based on a stage play which had been judged one of the four best plays in a literary competition celebrating 150 years of European settlement of Australia.[1]
The play debuted in 1938. Wireless Weekly called it "bright and snappy in its action, although the story was tripe."[2]
The play was very popular and was broadcast again in 1953.[3]
Premise
Aunt Victoria, head of a station-owning family, decides to hold a family reunion on her 75th birthday where she will read her will. Family members who attend include a parson, a politician, and a squatter.[4]
Characters
Katherine Connelly, secretary to Victoria Nankevill[5]
Maurice Nankevill, nephew of Victoria.
Victoria Nankeville, one of the pioneers and owner of Yoongali.
^"COMING EVENTS". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 95, no. 29, 489. South Australia. 18 April 1953. p. 11. Retrieved 4 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Thursday ... November 17", The Wireless Weekly, 32 (20), Sydney: Wireless Press, November 11, 1938, retrieved 4 September 2023 – via Trove