Meet J.F. Archibald, provocateur, fosterer of local literary talent, and in his time, one of the most influential people in the country. In 1880 he co-founded the immensely popular and notoriously racist Bulletin magazine. On its masthead was, 'Australia for the White Man'. Yet Archibald reinvented himself as a Frenchman with a Jewish mother. No longer 'John Feltham Archibald' - now he wanted to be called 'Jules Francois'!

Archie was a workaholic, a stirrer and a republican who introduced this new nation to writers like Banjo Patterson and Henry Lawson, the voices of ‘the Bushman’s Bible’. In his will he established the Archibald Prize for portraiture so that Australians could see images of themselves. Enough of pining for Britain, he said, ‘Australia for Australians!’

Script and production by Nicole Steinke

Sound engineering by Judy Rapley

The Angel read by Ainslie McGlynn

J.F. Archibald read by Jeremy Waters