Cattleman (radio series)

Cattleman is a 1961 Australian radio series based on a novel by R. S. Porteus. It was one of the most successful radio series of the 1960s.

Grace Gibson heard Porteus talking about the book in an interview and optioned the rights even before it had been published. She assigned Ross Napier to write the scripts.

The book was dramatised in 104 episodes. However, the serial was so popular it went for another 104 episodes.

Premise
An old man, Ben Macready, tells his life story as he lies on his deathbed.

Cast

 * Frank Waters
 * Nigel Lovell as Ben
 * Lyndall Barbour as Bibb, an Aboriginal girl
 * Lynne Murphy
 * Muriel Steinbeck
 * John Gray
 * Walter Sullivan