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Manuscript Name | Papers of Karl McPhee |
Manuscript Number | MSS 077 |
Last Updated | June 2022 |
Extent | 18 AV boxes |
Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
Abstract | Original audio recordings created during the production of the documentary series The Migrant Experience (Karl McPhee & Ben Lewin, Australia, 1985) |
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This collection consists of 398 quarter inch reel to reel audio tapes of interviews conducted during the making of The Migrant Experience (also known as ‘Destination Australia: The Migrant Experience Since 1788’), a six part documentary series produced by creators Karl McPhee, Ben Lewin, the Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs and Film Australia. These interviews, conducted with individuals connected with the post Second World War migration programme, consist of accounts of why individuals migrated, why Australia was chosen, the work of immigrants and their adaptation to life in Australia. For full list of possible interviewees see the foot of this finding aid.
1945-1985
Screenwriter and director, Karl McPhee began his career with a degree in philosophy at the University of New England in 1964. After a short transition into teaching, he began producing educational radio and television programs for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). From 1974, he would spend almost twenty years writing and directing government commissioned documentaries and short dramas for Film Australia (Screen Australia). Karl McPhee has since taught film and television to communication students at several universities in addition to continuing to create screen projects with his company McPhee Productions.
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This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
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Papers of Karl McPhee, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 077, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
Further material relating to Karl McPhee is located at the National Film and Sound Archive and the State Library of Western Australia.
A copy of the final published version of The Migrant Experience is held in the UNSW Canberra, Academy Library collection at Multi Media JV 9120 .M53 1984.
Immigrants – Australia - Interviews
Australia – Emigration and immigration – History
Reconstruction (1939-1951) – Australia
Documentary films – Australia
Ben Lewin, 1946-
Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs
Film producers and directors
Writers
Audio cassette tapes 1 – 22
Audio cassette tapes 23 – 44
Audio cassette tapes 45 – 66
Audio cassette tapes 67 – 82
Audio cassette tapes 83 –103
Audio cassette tapes 104 – 125
Audio cassette tapes 126 – 145
Audio cassette tapes 146 – 167
Audio cassette tapes 168 – 187
Audio cassette tapes 188 – 212
Audio cassette tapes 213 – 233
Audio cassette tapes 234 – 251
Audio cassette tapes 252 – 273
Audio cassette tapes 274 – 296
Audio cassette tapes 297 – 325
Audio cassette tapes 326 – 347
Audio cassette tapes 348 – 369
Audio cassette tapes 370 - 398
Film participants/interviewees may include:
Rhys Jones, Eric Willmot, Patsy Adam-Smith, Frank Cusack, Dennis O'Hoy, Rev Stan Allen, John Bluthal, Doris Liffman, Herbert Liffman, Brian Murray, Arthur Calwell, Fred Daly, George Kiddle, Sir Billy Snedden, Harold Grant, Giovanni Sgro, Robert Richter, Sam Levin, Vivi Koutsanadis, Athol Townley, Sir Hubert Opperman, Al Grassby, Greg Humphries, Nga To, Reuben Wheeler, Wayne Gibbons, Kien Quach, Robert Manne, Bruce Ruxton, Dr Frank Knopfelmacher, Nick Gekas, Eric Bogle, Charles 'Spike' Routley, Clare Dunne, Ian Harmstorf, Dr Roger Keesing, Phillip Adams, John Zigouras, Egon F. Kunz, George Kakanis, Nick Malaxos, Theo Coumbis, Despina Taylor, John Schiffer, Tom Stratton, David Taylor, David Page, Bertram Wainer, Alex Skutenka, Dennis Turner, Peter Nguyen, Tom See Poy, Herbert See Poy, Herbert 'Junior' See Poy, Carmen Tapiolas, Ethel Hayton, Gino Paris, Roy Fitzgerald, Brian Luscombe, Pauline Justin, Bob Armstrong, Tony Bonnici, Frank Galbally, Nick Polites, Paula Masselos, Maria Petrohilos, Ben Schiller, Carl Roenfeldt, Alan Matheson, Noel Fatnowna, Frank Casalegno, John Casalegno, Ross Cali, Steve Comas, Prof Charles Price, Charles D'Aprano, Prof Bill Ford, Maria Posas, Dr Spiro Moraitis, Steve Duricic, Carlo Zaccariotto, Theo Kefalis, Giovanni Spada, Peter Hilton, Andrew Mason, Pam Mason, Giovanni Cannavo, Rosetta Sung, Rosemary Brondolino, Antoinette Charras, Iacomini family, Ann Richter, Wafa Stephan, Zaydan family, Gracie Cannavo, Ben Chifley, Rosa Colosimo, Eric Wilmot, Susan Ivemey, Dinny O'Hearn, Herbert Lifman, Doris Lifman, George Donikian, David Trembath, Ian MacPhee, Tony Trobbiani, Noel Landells, Ethel Marr, Mark McCamangas, Sevel Fouad.