''Boy on an Old Bus'' is a 1966 Australian radio play by Richard Lane about

Charles Kingsford-Smith Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith (9 February 18978 November 1935), nicknamed Smithy, was an Australian aviation pioneer. He piloted the first transpacific flight and the first flight between Australia and New Zealand. Kingsford Smith was ...

. The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' said the play "runs credibly and with urgency. The sour ironies in history are etched in strong acid." The play was the last directed at the ABC by Leslie Rees after thirty years on staff and the ''Herald'' called it "an honorable exit" for him. The play was produced again in 1967 and 1970. It was one of the major Australian radio plays of the 1960s.

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{{reflist 1960s Australian radio dramas 1970s Australian radio dramas Works by Richard Lane (writer) Australian radio dramas based on actual events