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form y separately published work icon The Bagman Stories series - author   radio play  
Issue Details: First known date: 1943... 1943 The Bagman Stories
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A series of radio plays linked by the narrator, a swagman who tells stories he has collected during his time on the road.

Each radio play included four mystery or ghost stories, described as 'four creepy tales of the outback'.

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form y separately published work icon Night Tales of a Bagman D'Arcy Niland , Ruth Park , Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1943 8999895 1943 single work radio play mystery horror

A series of ghost stories narrated by a swagman, who repeats the stories he has gathered in fifteen years on the road.

The work is sometimes described as an anthology, but was broadcast as a single standalone play.
2
form y separately published work icon The Bagman on the Wallaby D'Arcy Niland , Ruth Park , Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1944 9000136 1944 single work radio play mystery horror

Another selection of creepy outback stories, told by a swagman who collects them on his travels.
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form y separately published work icon The Bagman Tells Another D'Arcy Niland , Ruth Park , Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1944 9000102 1944 single work radio play horror mystery

Another collection of creepy outback stories, collected by the titular swagman during his years on the road.
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form y separately published work icon The Bagman Camps Again D'Arcy Niland , Ruth Park , Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1945 9000013 1945 single work radio play mystery horror

Another selection of mysteries and ghost stories, narrated by a swagman who collects the tales during his years on the road.
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form y separately published work icon The Bagman Boils His Billy D'Arcy Niland , Ruth Park , Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1946 9000067 1946 single work radio play mystery horror

Another series of mystery stories and ghost stories collected by the swagman during his years on the road.
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form y separately published work icon The Bagman Takes it Easy D'Arcy Niland , Ruth Park , Australia : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1948 8999961 1948 single work radio play mystery horror

Another collection of mysteries and ghost stories narrated by a swagman, who collects the stories during his years on the road.

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