Heroes Of Civilization
Australian commercial radio
Australian commercial radio · 1930–1960
22 EpisodesFortnightlyPGSince 1930
The run
- Network
- Australian commercial radio
- Years active
- 1930–1960
- Surviving broadcasts
- 22
- Genre
- docudrama
A Collection of Aussie Radio Shows No 52 Heroes of Civilization: (Part series only). This collection of biographical sketches was produced syndication in 1936. They were produced by Dr. Nore DuMaurier. Some of the historic physicians profiled include Sir Joseph Lister who was one of the first to promote sterile conditions for surgery, Sir James Young Simpson for his work using chloroform for anesthesia, sixteenth century anatomist Andrea Vesalius who created an influential text on human anatomy, pioneering cancer researcher Otto Warburg, Ignaz Semmelweis whose work has saved countless mothers from death during childbirth, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, the father of microbiology Anton Leeuwenhoek, G Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
6 dated broadcasts across 97 years on the air, with 96 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 2026, in original transmission order.
- 1. Sign Off · 10 Mar 2026
- 2. Dead Air · 17 Mar 2026
- 3. The Long Silence · 24 Mar 2026
The Last Train Out
4 Aug 2026 · 16 min
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
Signal at Midnight
28 Jul 2026 · 31 min
Three interviews, one archive reel, and a question nobody wanted asked.
A Room Above the Street
21 Jul 2026 · 46 min
Recorded on location, with the room left in.
The Long Silence
14 Jul 2026 · 1h 1m
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
Dead Air
7 Jul 2026 · 24 min
The one everybody argues about.
Sign Off
30 Jun 2026 · 39 min
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
The Case of the Missing Hour
23 Jun 2026 · 54 min
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
Night Broadcast
16 Jun 2026 · 17 min
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
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