''One Man's Kingdom'' is an Australian 1957 radio serial by

Ruth Park Rosina Ruth Lucia Park AM (24 August 191714 December 2010) was a New Zealand–born Australian author. Her best known works are the novels '' The Harp in the South'' (1948) and '' Playing Beatie Bow'' (1980), and the children's radio serial '' ...

and

D'arcy Niland D'Arcy Francis Niland (20 October 191729 March 1967) was an Australian farm labourer, novelist and short story writer. In 1955 he wrote '' The Shiralee'', which gained international recognition in its depictions of the experiences of a swagman a ...

. It ran weekly on Saturday nights on the ABC. It was one of the most prestigious radio serials in the country at the time. According to the ABC Annual Report of 1956–57, "This was designed to tell in lively dramatic form the story of the nation's development in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It was felt that the events of history, brought to life through the trials and tribulations of an imaginary family, could be depicted with greater clarity and colour in the form of a dramatic serial than is possible in the pages of a book of reference. Such proved to be the case and many enquiries about a possible re-broadcast of the serial were received."

Premise

The life of English colonists in Sydney from 1856 to 1900.

Adaptations

Niland and Park adapted it into television scripts but they were never filmed.

References

{{Ruth Park Radio plays by Ruth Park 1957 Australian radio dramas Works by D'arcy Niland