Digger Hale's Daughters

{{Short description|1943 radio serial by Max Afford}}

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| runtime = 15 mins

| start_time = 6.45pm

| end_time = 7 pm

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| country = Australia

| language = English

| home_station = 2GB

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| starring = Marshall Crosby

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| writer = Max Afford

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Digger Hale's Daughters is a 1943 Australian radio serial created by Max Afford.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129884471 |title=PASSING BY |newspaper=The News |volume=43 |issue=6,671 |location=South Australia |date=15 December 1944 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} It focused on the adventures of an Australian family headed by Digger Hale.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46937602 |title=Family life of an old Digger |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly |volume=11 |issue=4 |location=Australia, Australia |date=26 June 1943 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}} It aired Monday to Thursday at 6.45 pm.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46938419 |title=Australian play for Broadway |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly |volume=11 |issue=44 |location=Australia, Australia |date=1 April 1944 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The serial was very popular and ran for a number of years.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article235764299 |title=PROLIFIC IN THRILLS |newspaper=Smith's Weekly |volume=XXVI |issue=20 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 July 1944 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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