Natural history on TV: how the ABC took Australian animals to the people
- Written by Gay Hawkins, Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
The 'natural sounds' of native animals like this koala had been heard on ABC Radio, but bringing them to TV audiences in the 1960s presented new and exciting challenges.abcarchives/flickr, CC BY-NCMost of us will never see a platypus or a lyrebird in the wild, but it’s likely we’ve encountered them on television.
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