Barbara Vernon (1916-78)

*1943-46 joins WAAF

* 1956 does play about Aussies in the Malayan Emergency... Naked Possum

*1957 The Passionate Pianist done on ABC TV and debuts on stage

*1957 Multi Coloured Umbrella comes second in competiton

*1958 The Multi Coloured Umbrella done on ABC TV Gore Hill - - controversy

*May 1958 Passionate Pianist on radio here

*Jjuly 1958 - new play submitted at festival see here 

*1959 moves to Sydney from Inverell

*Sept 1959 in writers group see here

*Dec 1959 - The Tree, the Fairy and all those Candles - radio feature 

* Jan 1960 - No Picnic Tomorrow

* April 1960 - radio serial The Questing Heart - here

* May 1961 - Lancelot and the Lady - radio serial here

*Oct 1961 play at Independent - Swords to the Rescue - review here

*Nov 1961 The Loquat Tree

* May 1962 Umbrella on radio

* Jan 1964 The White Blackbird radio serial

* March 1964 - The Unwilling Suitor on radio

*1964 The Loquat Tree done BBC radio

* Dec 1964 - Hullabaloo Belay - first play from ATYP done at Independent see here - review here

*Dec 1965 Umbrella done again on radio review here 

*1966 Multi Coloured Umbrella done BBC radio

*May 1966 Sword of Pendragon - play for ATYP - see here

*March 1967 Rumplestikskin on at Independent see here

*Sept 1967 Bellbird starts  

*July 1967 Enough to Make a Pair of Sailor's Trousers 

*Oct 1967 article where Vernon denies Bellbird is Invernell see here

*Feb 1968 Theseus and the Minotaur- review here

- Jul;y 1968 Janet Kehoe takes over as story editor here and here

- Dec 1968 The Sleeping Planet play at Indepenedent - review here 

* June 1969 working on book on Bellbird see here

*Jun 1970 Loquat Tree on radio again

*Jan 1971 report she wrote script for a Bellbid film against wishes of the ABC see here - ABC soon gave up just insisisting use a different title see here

*Feb 1971 Bellbird article having reached 600 eps here

* Feb 1971 Sinbad the Sailor play at Independent - review here

* March 1971 Vernon does book on the series see here

*Aug 1971 another article on Bellbird here 

*Jan 1972 article how Vernon working on Lane End see here

*Sept 1972 adapted Cousin from Fiji - also story editor for Norman Lindsay series see here

*May 1973 article on Bellbird's 1000th episode with quote from Vernon see here 

* Jan 1974 - Silver Bells and Cockle Shells radio play here

* May 1974 writes Mary Reiby for Behind the Legend here      

*1975-78 moves to Cassils .

Apri 1978 dies




 

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