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.

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

Still image from the radio program Australia's Amateur Hour.

From right: host Terry Dear, Tex Foote, Tifori Peni, Rodney Kindness, an unidentified man and a female dancer.

Metal advertising sign with black and red text on a white background.

Text reads: 'Terry Dear comperes Australian Amateur Hour Thursdays at 8! 3AW Melbourne'. 

Glass slide advertisement for radio talent show Australia's Amateur Hour.

Australia's Amateur Hour was a 1940s and 1950s radio talent show that Australians took to their hearts.