All Programs / Pacific portraits

This series explores various aspects of the Pacific region through dramatization, narration, commentary and music.

Available Episodes

1965-06-07Dr. Grossman of the Solomons00:28:48

1965-06-02Matua of Fiji00:28:47

1965-05-14Dame Daisy Bates00:29:07

1965-05-07Katherine Mansfield00:29:14

1965-05-07Sir Peter Buck00:29:05

1965-05-04Sir Hubert Murray00:29:15

1965-04-26Robert Louis Stevenson00:29:18

1965-04-19Paul Gauguin00:29:23

1965-04-12Father Damien00:26:50

1965-04-01Herman Melville00:28:47

1965-03-24Charles Darwin00:27:36

1965-03-17Captain Bligh00:29:13

1965-03-16Captain Cook's early voyages00:29:00

Subjects: Aboriginal Australians; Bligh, William, 1754-1817; Cook, James, 1728-1779; Damien, Saint, Father, 1840-1889; Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882; Fiji--Ethnic relations; Fiji--History; Fiji--Race relations; Fiji--Social conditions; Foreign Literature; Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903; Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903--Homes and haunts--French Polynesia; Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923; Melville, Herman, 1819-1891; Missionaries--Solomon Islands; Missions; Missions, Medical; Murray, Hubert; New Zealand--History; Pacific Area--Civilization; Pacific Area--Discovery and exploration; Pacific Area--Fiction; Solomon Islands--History; Solomon Islands--Religion; Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894; The Asia-Pacific
Creators: Reid, J. C. (John Cowie), 1916-1972; Schmidt, Karl; University of Wisconsin; WHA (Radio station : Madison, Wis.)
Contributors: Bates, Daisy; Buck, Peter Henry, 1877?-1951; Reid, J. C. (John Cowie), 1916-1972
Genres: Docudrama; History
Time Periods: 1960-1969