The muddle-headed wombat, from the ABC Children's Session

GR 347

fonds

approximately 1970

9676024

1 audio disc - vinyl - 30 cm diameter

Read by John Ewart, Athol Fleming, Sue Ewart and Winifred Green, from a radio script by Ruth Park.
RCA stereo CAMS-146, manufactured in Sydney by RCA Limited.

SIDE 1:
Wombat and the weather house (6:18)
Auntie Bun is sick (6:03)

SIDE 2:
Auntie Bun does some dressmaking (6:33)
Mouse runs away (5:44)

In copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

The story of the muddle-headed wombat featured in radio serials and later in children's books by Australian author Ruth Park. Park was commissioned to write a dramatised series for the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Children's Programs in 1942. The first episode of 'The Wide-Awake Bunyip' was aired in January 1943, with Albert Collins in the title role. In 1951, Park changed the title to 'The Muddle-Headed Wombat'. Leonard Teale played the part of the wombat. When Teale left, John Ewart took the role for the next 18 years. The popularity of the series led Ruth Park to write her series of Muddle-Headed Wombat books in the 1960s. The radio series ended when the Children's Hour was discontinued in 1972.