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''Dad and Dave from Snake Gully'' was an Australian radio drama series based on the
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. The series is more often referred to simply as ''Dad and Dave''. The theme tune was " The Road to Gundagai". The standard accent used by actors and announcers in Australian broadcasting at the time was typically " Southern English", an upper class British version that emulated the
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was however acceptable only in low comedy productions as in this series "Dad and Dave from Snake Gully."John Rickard, ''Australia: A Cultural History'' (1988) p. 141 This famous Australian radio drama series can still be heard on Melbourne's Golden Days Radio 95.7FM (GDR95.7fm) every Saturday morning at 8.30am. The program is streamed around the world on www.goldendaysradio.com at that time. Dad and Dave is also heard on
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(87.6 Hawkesbury, 87.8 Penrith and 88.7 Camden) weekdays at 4am, 10:30am and 9pm & in Newcastle Newy 87.8 FM daily at 2am


Cast

* George Edwards and Lou Vernon as Dad *
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as Dave *Nell Stirling and
Margaret Christensen Margaret Christensen (8 January 1921 – 30 November 2009) also credited as Margaret Caristensen and Peg Christensen, was an Australian radio hostess and character actress, who appeared in numerous TV series, primarily in guesting roles. Biog ...
as Mabel * Lorna Bingham as Annie Morton *Loris Bingham and Hope Suttor as Mum *George Edwards and Tom Farley as Alf Morton *George Edwards and Rodney Jacobs as Ted Ramsay *Dorothy Whitely as Rita Ramsay *Eric Scott as Bill Smith *Ethel Gabriel as Mrs. Smith *
Lyndall Barbour Lyndall Harvey Barbour (19 May 1916 – 10 October 1986) was an Australian actress, primarily of radio, although she also added stage and television work (both series and made-for-television movies) to her repertoire. Born in Egypt to Australian p ...
as Madame Deemer *Warren Barry and Ken Fraser as Ernie Crossley *Hannah Coulter as Pearl *Timothy Coulter as Mick


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''Dad and Dave from Snake Gully''
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Australian Screen Online The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national co ...

''Dad and Dave from Snake Gully''
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National Film and Sound Archive The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national co ...

Copies of early episodes
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{{Dad and Dave Australian radio dramas 1937 establishments in Australia 1953 disestablishments in Australia