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5. Scarcely a Sacrifice

Episode 5 of 7

Daisy Bates' pioneering journeys in Western Australia. True stories of travel and adventure by women: Stars Sinead Cusack.

Daisy Bates' pioneering journeys in Western Australia in the early 1900s, studying and working with Aboriginal people.

'The pioneers of Western Australia were noble men and women, and nearly all of them were above reproach and more than kindly in their treatment of the Aboriginal.

But it was a kindness that killed as surely as cruelty would have done. The Australian native can withstand all the ravages of nature - fiendish droughts and sweeping floods, horrors of thirst and enforced starvation: but he cannot withstand civilisation.'

Collection of true stories of travel and adventure by intrepid women, compiled, and written by Julia Keay.

Sinead Cusack stars as Daisy Bates.

Narrated by Edward de Souza.

Producer: John Powell

First broadcast on 成人快手 Radio 4 in 1988.

45 minutes

Last on

Sat 8 Mar 2025 05:00

Broadcasts

  • Fri 7 Mar 2025 15:00
  • Fri 7 Mar 2025 21:00
  • Sat 8 Mar 2025 05:00