H.C. "Nugget" Coombs
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Executive Producer
Ron Saunders
Producer
Frank Heimans
Director
Frank Heimans
Writer
Frank Heimans
Narrator / Presenter
Robin Hughes (Interviewer)
For Teachers
Level: Secondary, Tertiary, Lifelong Learning
Curriculum links include: Australian History, Economics, English, Legal Studies, Indigenous Studies, Studies of Society and Environment.
Australian Biography: H.C. "Nugget" Coombs Teachers Notes (Acrobat PDF Document, 132Kb)
As screened on
SBS, 21/11/2001
1992, 26 Minutes
Part of the series
Born in Kalamunda, Western Australia in 1906, H.C. "Nugget" Coombs was one of Australia's most outstanding and influential public servants, serving and advising seven prime ministers over a 30-year period. Coombs had a profound influence behind the scenes in business and politics and worked hard to achieve a distinctive social, economic and cultural place for all Australians, particularly Aboriginal Australians.
A Film Australia National Interest Program. © 2011 National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.
Note
Classification: G.
