A black and white image of Clare Butt wearing a white vintage dress and hat posing with her family
Museum of the Great Southern

A Perfectly Colossal Time: Clara Butt
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"A Perfectly Colossal Time" - Clara Butt: An Idol for Australia

In his talk ‘A Perfectly Colossal Time’, writer and BBC broadcaster Andrew Green describes the extraordinary appeal of Clara Butt through the narrative and

analysis of her very first visit to Australia in 1907-08, incorporating a host of eyewitness accounts of her concerts and public appearances.

Presented by Andrew Green, writer and BBC broadcaster