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Aust. Women's Weekly, 3 March 1965, p.14
Alexander Turner Alexander Turner i(A25239 works by) (a.k.a. Alexander Frederick Turner)
Born: Established: 7 Aug 1907 London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 1993
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1925
Heritage: English
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1 1 y separately published work icon Westward the Land is Bright : A Sequel to 'Hesperia' : A Chronicle in Words and Music of Western Australia's Convict Period and Its Aftermath (1850-1890) Alexander Turner , 1979 Z960972 1979 single work drama
1 y separately published work icon Hesperia : Land of the Evening Star Alexander Turner , 1969 Z960949 1969 single work drama
1 y separately published work icon Flight from Granite : A Radio Play Alexander Turner , 1965 Z960942 1965 single work drama
1 form y separately published work icon The Stirling Story : A Serial in Fourteen Episodes Alexander Turner , Malcolm Uren , 1951 (Manuscript version)x401221 Z960963 1951 series - publisher radio play
1 y separately published work icon The Plainsman Alexander Turner , 1950-1959 Z960956 1950-1959 single work drama
1 1 form Sea Power Alexander Turner , 1944 single work radio play
— Appears in: Royal Mail and Other Plays 1944; (p. 109-119)
1 form In Thy Most Need Alexander Turner , 1944 single work radio play
— Appears in: Royal Mail and Other Plays 1944; (p. 120-133)
1 form After Three Alexander Turner , 1944 single work radio play
— Appears in: Royal Mail and Other Plays 1944; (p. 134-154) Western Australian Writing : An Online Anthology 2003;
1 form Wheat Boat Alexander Turner , 1944 single work radio play
— Appears in: Royal Mail and Other Plays 1944; (p. 79-108)
1 The Golden Journey Alexander Turner , 1944 single work drama
— Appears in: Royal Mail and Other Plays 1944; (p. 155-175) Western Australian Writing : An Online Anthology 2003;
1 2 Royal Mail Alexander Turner , 1944 single work drama
— Appears in: Royal Mail and Other Plays 1944; (p. 15-78)
1 Dedication : Royal Mail and Other Plays Alexander Turner , 1944 single work prose
— Appears in: Royal Mail and Other Plays 1944; (p. 3-12)
1 3 form y separately published work icon Royal Mail and Other Plays Alexander Turner , Perth : Paterson's Press , 1944 Z116530 1944 selected work radio play drama
2 6 form y separately published work icon Australian Stages : A Play in Verse for Radio Alexander Turner , Sydney : Mulga Publications , 1944 Z246321 1944 single work radio play

Described by contemporary newspapers as 'a play in verse expressive of the feelings and reflections of a young soldier travelling in a troop-train which passes, en route, through town ships and scenes familiar to him: in everyday life. The lines of the choruses, as rendered onomatopoetically'.

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'A Radio Play', West Australian, 17 March 1945, p.3.
1 The Soldiers i "We have grown weary young. We have lost touch", Alexander Turner , 1943 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 27 October vol. 64 no. 3324 1943; (p. 13) Poets at War : An Anthology of Verse by Australian Servicemen 1944; (p. 141)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Neighbours : A Play for Radio Alexander Turner , 1940 (Manuscript version)x400047 Z817803 1940 single work drama
1 form y separately published work icon Westward Journey : The Story of a Homecoming Alexander Turner , 1940-1949 (Manuscript version)9148740 9148734 1940 single work radio play
1 form y separately published work icon Victory of the Seas : A Feature Compiled from Diaries, Documents and Authenticated Remarks and Comments of the Period Alexander Turner , 1940-1949 (Manuscript version)9148503 9148497 1940 single work radio play
2 1 form y separately published work icon Conglomerate Alexander Turner , 1938 (Manuscript version)x401085 Z16484 1938 single work radio play

'West Australian authorship Will be represented by Alexander Turner's Conglomerate, a dramatic descriptive story of life on the hard, hot, dusty West Australian goldfield. The commonplace and the picturesque are merged In an arresting pattern. Turner writes of what he knows. 'Gold, beer, heat, wool,machinery, corrugated iron, stones, mail trucks - there's your background tor Murchison' (Leslie Rees, 'We Shall Have Drama : Introducing Radio Drama Week,' p.6).
1 1 y separately published work icon Hester Siding and Other Plays and Verse Alexander Turner , Perth : Paterson's Press , 1937 Z197780 1937 selected work drama poetry
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