Conflict in Van Diemen's Land

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Conflict in Van Diemen's Land
Genredrama play
Running time60 mins (8:00 pm 9:00 pm)
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
Hosted byABC
Written by Catherine Shepherd
Directed byJohn Cairns
Original release17 April 1945

Conflict in Van Diemen's Land is a 1945 Australian radio play by Catherine Shepherd. [1] It concerned Governor Arthur's war against Tasmanian Aboriginals in colonial Tasmania. [2] John Cairns directed. [3]

The play was repeated in 1945 and produced again in 1946.

Premise

According to ABC Weekly "In 1824 there was much rejoicing in Hobart Town when Governor Arthur arrived, but gaiety was shortlived. His cold, formal manner, his iron discipline, were soon manifest. He stifled freedom of the press, imprisoned the editor who dared to criticise the Government. Officials who disagreed with his methods were soon relieved of office. He ignored criticism, treated free settlers like convicts. Then he failed in the £30,000 war against the blacks. Theme of Miss Shepherd's trenchant play is that free peoples—be they black or white —will never submit to the power of a tyrant." [4]

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References

  1. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (14 April 1945), "One Divorce Act For All Australia?", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1336805507, retrieved 28 January 2024 via Trove
  2. "Radio Review". The Herald. No. 21, 547. Victoria, Australia. 11 June 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 28 January 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  3. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (14 April 1945), Tuesday, ABC, nla.obj-1336805950, retrieved 28 January 2024 via Trove
  4. Australian Broadcasting Commission. (8 June 1946), "Radio plays of the week", ABC Weekly, nla.obj-1334112031, retrieved 28 January 2024 via Trove