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Source: Wireless Weekly 5 July (1935), 17
Oswald Anderson Oswald Anderson i(9163542 works by) (birth name: Andrew Oswald Anderson)
Born: Established: 1885 Summer Hill, Ashfield - Burwood area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 1 Aug 1944
Gender: Male
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1 This New Wonder - Television Oswald Anderson , 1939 single work interview
— Appears in: The Australian Women's Weekly , 1 April 1939; (p. 14)

'A new form of picture entertainment will come into the life of the housewife when every home has its television set - an era that does not seem so far away now. We will all become "lookers-in," as well as listeners-in...'
1 Radio for the Home and… In the Home Oswald Anderson , 1934 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian Women's Weekly , 31 March 1934; (p. 7)

'Radio is essentially intimate - the voices and the music that come through the loud speaker become part of the everyday facts of life - for where once a radio has been installed it is unthinkable that it should be done without.

Obviously the main requirement of radio in the home is that it shall provide entertainment...'
1 4 y separately published work icon Jinker, the Grafter's Mate Oswald Anderson , Con Drew , 1917 (Manuscript version)9163434 9163428 1917 single work drama

Based on Con Drew's story published as The Grafter (1915, with I. B. Evans) and his solo effort, Jinker, the Grafter's Mate (1916), this dramatic adaptation follows the escapades of Grafter and Jinker, two shady bookmakers on the outer, where the Turf operator needs to be a super-sharp if he wishes to make a living out of his wily clients, at the same time keeping within the law (or not getting caught).
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