| Canberra the Great | |
| Format: | drama feature |
| Runtime: | 45 mins |
| Start Time: | 9.30pm |
| End Time: | 10.15pm |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Syndicates: | ABC |
| Director: | Lawrence H Cecil |
| First Aired: | 12 March 1938 |
Canberra the Great is a 1938 Australian radio drama by Edmund Barclay that celebrated the history of Canberra.[1]
It was performed again in 1944.
According to Wireless Weekly "In the year 1820 a party of explorers climbed a hill over Lake George and looked down into the limestone plains, being the first white men to do so. Now standing on that same hill one can look down into a city of dreams-come-true— Canberra. In this presentation the history and legend of Australia s magnificent capital city is brought to you in a sequence of dramatic and narrative cameos, as an anniversary celebrations programme. "