The Golden Age Of The Argonauts. A Celebration Of Australia's Best-Loved Radio Programme For Children

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Hodder Headline Australia P/L
Publisher Place: Rydalmere, NSW
Publisher Year: 1997
Edition: First Edition

Description: 270 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The only exception are a few light age markings on the inside page.

Publishers Description: A Celebration of Australia's Best-loved Radio Program for Children Calling all Argonauts! Join the band of happy rowers once again and relive the glory days of Australian radio, when Jimmy, Jason, Elizabeth, Mac and Nan ruled the airwaves. In the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, children all over Australia dropped whatever they were doing at 5.30 each afternoon and raced to the radio set for an hour of stories, songs, jokes, information and fun, meant just for them. Children between the ages of 7 and 17 could join the Argonauts Club, be allotted a ship name and number, and submit work - stories, drawings, poems, anything creative - which could be read out or discussed on air. At its height in the mid-1950s, the club had over 100,000 members. 'The Golden Age Of The Argonauts' is the fascinating history of a unique, much-loved program, a tribute to a time when life was simpler, more innocent and full of fun.

ISBN: 9780733605284