TAGGED: Australia's Amateur Hour
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Excerpt from the last episode of AUSTRALIA'S AMATEUR HOUR (13 December 1958), talking about the program travelling over the years.

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An excerpt from Australia's Amateur Hour episode 901, recorded 27 June 1957 at Hibernian Hall, Cairns, Queensland.

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Australia's Amateur Hour was a pioneering talent show produced by AWA that became a pop-culture phenomenon.

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Excerpt from the last episode of AUSTRALIA'S AMATEUR HOUR (13 December 1958).

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Excerpt from AUSTRALIA'S AMATEUR HOUR 901, including a performance by vocal quartet The Trinamics (featuring Keith Potger, later of The Seekers).
Recorded at Box Hill Town Hall, Melbourne.

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Excerpt from the last episode of AUSTRALIA'S AMATEUR HOUR (13 December 1958). Terry Dear introduces Managing Director of Lever Brothers to talk about sponsorship and history of program.

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Excerpt from the last episode of AUSTRALIA'S AMATEUR HOUR (13 December 1958).

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We're celebrating UNESCO's World Radio Day with Australia's Amateur Hour (1940-1958), 'the largest radio show of all'.

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Terry Dear during a rehearsal with The Reading Sisters (Dulcie, Phronsie and Wilma) and their uncle (and brother of singer Georgia Lee), guitarist Walter Pitt.

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From left to right: Len London, an unidentified woman, Clive Amadio and Dick Fair, gathered around a microphone.