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Kathleen McArthur's Lunch Hour Theatre Scripts Podcast

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About the show

Artist. Author. Activist. Take an audio journey through Kathleen McArthur’s life in this new podcast series. The legacy of Kathleen McArthur whose life blossomed on the Sunshine Coast has been captured in a new podcast series launched by Sunshine Coast Libraries. Supported by the State Library of Queensland and the Queensland Government, Libraries have produced a podcast series of 22 episodes based on the Kathleen McArthur’s Lunch Hour Theatre Scripts Collection. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.