Bligh Had a Daughter
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 ABC Weekly 24 April 1948 | |
| Genre | drama play |
|---|---|
| Running time | 60 mins[1] (8:00 pm – 9:00 pm) |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Syndicates | Australian Broadcasting Commission |
| Starring | Patricia Kennedy |
| Written by | Rex Rienits |
| Original release | May 15, 1948[2] |
Bligh Had a Daughter is a 1948 Australia radio play by Rex Rienits about Mary Bligh, daughter of William Bligh, who was living with her father at the time of the Rum Rebellion.
It was one of the most highly regarded Australian radio plays of the 1940s[3]
The play was repeated later in 1948[4] and in 1949.[5] and produced again by the ABC in 1954 (in Brisbane, directed by Raymond Menmuir).
Rienits used elements of the play in his 1960 mini series Stormy Petrel, based on his radio serial of the same name. In that the role of Mary Bligh was played by Delia Williams.[6]