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A 13-part series
6: Did Ever Man See Such Country... ?
The Explorers 1828-62
For Europeans the unknown has traditionally lain beyond the seas, but for Australians it has lain in the interior of their vast continent. Was there an eldorado or an inland sea - or just a 'dead heart', an endless desert? Many explorers risked their lives to find out. Narrator NICK ENRIGHT
With PROFESSORS GEOFFREY BLAINEY. MANNING CLARK and HUMPHREY MCQUEEN
Script by MIKE WALKER
Music by ELIZABETH PARKER
(BBC Radiophonic Workshop) Technical presentation
ANDREW LAWRENCE. IAIN HUNTER and HELEN THOMAS
Directed by SHAUN MACLOUGHUN BBC Bristol. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Blainey.
Unknown:
Manning Clark
Unknown:
Humphrey McQueen
Script By:
Mike Walker
Music By:
Elizabeth Parker
Unknown:
Andrew Lawrence.
Unknown:
Iain Hunter
Unknown:
Helen Thomas
Directed By:
Shaun MacLoughun
Sturt EDWARD:
De Souza
Eyre:
Andrew Branch
Burke:
Sean Barrett
Wills:
Eric Allan
King:
Stephen Brennan
Reader:
Nigel Graham
Chairman:
William Eedle
Squatter:
George Parsons
Source: Radio Times

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