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How a 'piece of rural propaganda' became 'compulsory listening' for Aussies

Cassandra Hough and Alana Calvert · ABC News (AU)

Published 30 Sept 2026, 6:44 pm·7 d ago·1 min read

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Blue Hills started life as "a piece of rural propaganda" to encourage World War II servicemen to "grow better crops and increase production". It ran for 27 years on ABC radio and became an institution of Australian life.

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