The Lawsons

The Lawsons
GenreSerial drama
Running timeplayed twice daily
Country of originAustralia
Language(s)English
SyndicatesABC
StarringVivian Edwards, Ailsa Grahame, Jane Holland
Created byGwen Meredith
Written byGwen Meredith
Original release21 February 1944 (1944-02-21) –
25 February 1949 (1949-02-25)
No. of episodes1,299[1]

The Lawsons was an Australian radio serial broadcast by the ABC and created and written by Gwen Meredith that ran daily from 21 February 1944 to 25 February 1949. It was a forerunner to the better known Blue Hills.[2][3] The show began as a propaganda series to introduce modern farming methods.[4] Meredith researched it at a station near Gunnedah.[5] The serial was hugely popular immediately and ran for five years.[6] Meredith adapted the series into a play and a novel.[7]

  1. ^ "End In Sight For "Lawsons"". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 34, 650. New South Wales, Australia. 11 January 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 4 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "BLUE HILLS, NEW GWEN MEREDITH SERIAL TO FOLLOW THE LAWSONS", ABC weekly, Sydney, 15 January 1949, retrieved 4 February 2024 – via Trove
  3. ^ "LAWSONS RECORDS", ABC weekly, Sydney, 15 January 1949, retrieved 4 February 2024 – via Trove
  4. ^ ""Lawsons" Author Never Listens To Serials". The Sunday Herald (Sydney). No. 2. New South Wales, Australia. 30 January 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 4 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Farm and Home Hour", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, 19 February 1944, retrieved 4 February 2024 – via Trove
  6. ^ "The Lawsons are real people to listeners", ABC weekly, Sydney, 25 November 1944, retrieved 4 February 2024 – via Trove
  7. ^ "GWEN MEREDITH IS WRITING LAWSONS NOVEL", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, 8 June 1946, retrieved 4 February 2024 – via Trove