Maxwell Dunn

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Maxwell Dunn' (b 1916) was an Australian writer of radio, films and prose.[1]

He is not to be confusued with the poet, Maxwell Dunn.[2]

Dunn was born in Launceston, Tasmania. He did a variety of jobs and began writing for radio.[3][4]

In 1951 Dunn left Australia to become Programme Director of Film Television with the United Nations Organisation.[5]

Select Credits[edit]

  • Jungle Drums- radio serial
  • Light Sinister
  • Stateroom One
  • There are Three Sisters (1939) - radio play[6]
  • Dishonour Be My Destiny (1940) - radio play about Thomas Morton
  • The Rats of Tobruk (1944) - narration
  • Sons of Matthew (1949) - screenplay
  • How They Made Sons of Matthew (1949) - book[7]
  • Native Tongue (1951) - radio documentary
  • A Tale of Two Islands (1951) - radio documentary

References[edit]

  1. ^ "PLAYWRIGHTS OF AUSTRALIA SUCCESS EARLY IN LIFE", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, November 16, 1940, retrieved 4 February 2024 – via Trove
  2. ^ Administrator (November 24, 2017). "A tale of two writers". State Library of Queensland.
  3. ^ "Two New Real Life Plays This Week", ABC weekly, Sydney: ABC, 29 June 1940, retrieved 4 February 2024 – via Trove
  4. ^ "Has Five Plays in Competition", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, July 6, 1940, retrieved 4 February 2024 – via Trove
  5. ^ "Maxwell Dunn leaves for New York", ABC weekly, Sydney, 3 February 1951, retrieved 4 February 2024 – via Trove
  6. ^ "THURSDAY ... FEBRUARY 23", The wireless weekly : the hundred per cent Australian radio journal, Sydney: Wireless Press, February 24, 1939, retrieved 4 February 2024 – via Trove
  7. ^ "Cameras in the Jungle". The Age. No. 29, 630. Victoria, Australia. 15 April 1950. p. 9. Retrieved 4 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

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