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Australia's Amateur Hour with Paula and Olga Perledo
Title:
Australia's Amateur Hour with Paula and Olga Perledo
NFSA ID
572979
Year
1958
Host Terry Dear introduces and interviews 'New Australians' Paula and Olga Perledo from Greece.
They had arrived in Australia five months earlier on the USS General CC Ballou and they perform 'Ciocârlia', a Romanian folk tune.
This is an excerpt from the final episode of radio talent show Australia's Amateur Hour, 13 December 1958.
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