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Described as a prize-winning radio play based on the life of William Farrer, Golden Legacy was adapted for film as Strong Is the Seed.
The prize that the script is said to have won has not been traced thus far, and neither have any contemporary radio broadcasts of the play.
Further Reading
'Interesting People', Australian Women's Weekly, 22 November 1947, p.10.
'Strong Is the Seed', Australian Women's Weekly, 8 May 1948, p.26.
Adaptations
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form
y
Strong Is the Seed
The Farrer Story
( dir. Arthur Greville Collins
)
Australia
:
Collins Productions
,
1949
7819815
1949
single work
film/TV
A dramatised account of William Farrer's struggle to produce a rust-resistant strain of wheat.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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