Queenie Ashton (as Lady Isabel) and Ronald Morse (as Francis Levison) in the 1939 radio serial East Lynne.

Queenie Ashton (as the titular queen) and Harvey Adams (as Louis XVI) in the 1939 radio serial Marie Antoinette.

Women played an important role during Australia’s early years of radio broadcasting. We look at the contributions of several pioneering women, starting with Queenie Ashton.

Radio highlights from the NFSA's collection written, directed, produced and performed by women from Australia's radio history.