hello argonauts......good rowing!

The Argonauts' Club caught the imagination of large numbers of children all around Australia between 1941 and 1972. The young ABC announcer, Ida Elizabeth Osbourne, (later as Ida Elizabeth Jenkins to become a popular presenter on the ABC Women's Session) revived an idea that had been devised in 1932 by Nina Murdoch of the ABC's Melbourne Children's Hour. The format was based on the Greek legends of Jason and the Argonauts and their search for the Golden Fleece.
The ship name Argo was kept for members of the on-air team. Earlier, a call had gone out for children who wanted to join this new Argonauts' Club to write in to the ABC - as long as they were between the ages of 7 and 17 - and they would be offered a ship, a number, and given a badge and a pledge to sign. Meanwhile, a card system was set up in the office which kept a note of the club members' real names and any marks or points they might accumulate as a result of their contributions.
Many famous Australians are former Argonauts including humorist Barry Humphries.

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[riteasrain]

Lol "the natives" 02:20. So quaint then, and innocent. Now you're called racist. How things have changed. Great memories. Thanks!

[beaksofeagles]

The last song is an echo of my childhood. I thank you again for putting this up on youtube, wherever you got it. I found out recently that Phideas was John Bracks. Do you have any of his recordings? That would be amazing to hear......thank you again........

[beaksofeagles]

I have been looking for these songs for about 20 years. They meant so much to me. The first one meant we had to come in from playing outside, and had to listen to the radio instead. The second one was how we had gone as Argonauts, and we listened to hear if our ship call was read out. This was a magic land of my childhood, and I thank you for bringing the songs in such high fidelity for me to listen to.

Good Rowing! Whoever you are!

[garoldavitch]

Heroic music. Radio stimulated the imagination in ways that were up to the listener. Today the visual media manipulate or try to.