Italia Prize

 

1948 Italia Prize starts -see here, here

1958 first Australian entries

March 1958 ABC announces it will enter things in the Prize see here and  here

Aug 1958 ABC enters two radio works, the feature Hartney's War by John Thompson and the drama A Little South of Heaven by Ruth Park and D'arcy Niland see here, here  and here - also submitted TV documentary The Happy Island by Maslyn Williams see here (radio prize won by Late Autumn by Austrian writer see here)

Feb 1959 announced French comic Fernandel would appear in a version of Harney's War which was disqualified from Italia due to technicality see here - article also says Happy Island will screen in USA and Holland

Aug 1959 ABC announces will submit three entries into Italia Prize held first week of Sept - music (Terra Australis), radio documentary (Death of a Wombat by Ivan Smith), television documentary (Growing up with Guba - set in PNG) - article here

Sept 1959 Death of a Wombat wins Italia Prize! See here (BBC won three of seven awards see here)

Nov 1960 refers to Music on the Moon being ABC Italia entry see here

May 1961 ABC annouces it will enter into Italia prize see here - She'll be Right by George Kerr was radio play entry

1962 entry from ABC - Dancing Orpheus - see here TV doco I think see here - later article called it perhaps ABC's most successful export see here

Oct 1962 refers to Speaking of East and West, radio feature from ABC entered in Italia prize see here 

Feb 1963 refers to George F. Kerrs Look at Me Everybody! an entry into Italia Prize in 1962 - radio feature I think see here

June 1963 Ray Menmuir back to make Ballad for One Gun - ABC Italia Prize entry see here

Aug 1963 see Pilgrim Island - Italia Prize entry see here

ABC entered The Fifth Continent - musical work see here - also Snowy a ballet see here

1964 refers to Twilight of a Hero by Pat Hooker being ABC Italia Prize entry see here

Another Item says Solo for Several Plays by Kay Keaveny was ABC 1964 entry see here

Sept 1965 doco Living on the Fringe an Italia Prize entry see here

Oct 1965 refers to Living on the Fringe and another entry, the doco McBride and his men see here

Aug 1966 ABC enter Done Away with as Italia Prize see here and also In the Head the Fire (music) see here, Five Days (radio feature) see here

Sep 1966 - In the Head the Fire wins Italia Prize! See here, here and here

May 1967 Interaction entered see here - also Tony Morphett writing radio doco On the Road from Lae to Mount Hagen that will be entered see here and here

1967 radio feature Out West Its Worse 

March 1970 ABC enters opera Fall of the House of Usher see here also My Brown Skin Baby They Take Away see here

1971 The Defeat radio feature by Kevin McGrath

1972 The Little Desert (radio) , The Twinkling Ornaments of the Night (radio drama)

1974 Essington entered see here also The World of JK

1980 The Last Summer of Childhood (radio) won - see here