Genre | drama play |
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Running time | 60 mins (8:30 pm – 9:30 pm) |
Country of origin | Australia |
Language(s) | English |
Hosted by | ABC |
Written by | Catherine Shepherd |
Original release | 10 August 1940 |
The Heroic Journey is a 1944 radio play by Catherine Shepherd about Charles Sturt. [1] It concerned Sturt's voyage to the Australian interior. [2] The play was made for the centenary of Sturt's expedition. [3]
The play was produced again in 1946. [4]
It was considered one of Shepherd's most notable works. [5] The play is not to be confused with another about Sturt, Lure of the Inland Sea .
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