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Lure of the Island Sea is a 1945 Australian radio play by Dymphna Cusack about Charles Sturt. It was one of Cusack's main radio plays and was recorded in Melbourne.

The play focused on Sturt's expedition to discover the inland sea. Cusack had written a piece about the expedition in 1944.

It is not to be confused with another radio play about Sturt, The Heroic Journey.

Cast

• Walter Pym as Charles Sturt
• Douglas Reid
• Reginald Goldsworthy
• John D'arcy

References

1. "This Week's Radio Features". The Advertiser. Vol. 87, no. 27046. Adelaide. 9 June 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "Sunday", ABC Weekly, 9 June 1945, retrieved 18 February 2024 – via Trove
3. Phil, Peter (2016). Drama in Silent Rooms. Eureka. p. 212.
4. "This week's A.B.C. PLAYS on the National programmes", ABC Weekly, Sydney: ABC, 9 June 1945, retrieved 19 February 2024 – via Trove
5. "Centenary of a Search: Sturt's Last Journeys". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 33,271. 12 August 1944. p. 9. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

• Lure of the Island Sea at Ausstage

• 1945 Australian radio dramas
• Australian radio dramas about explorers
• Australian radio dramas set in colonial Australia
• Plays by Dymphna Cusack