Bill Bunbury interviewed by Gwenda Davey [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2991998
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Bunbury, Bill, 1940-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 2001 Nov. 28
- 3 digital audio tapes (ca. 172 min.)
- Biography/History:
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Bunbury recalls his early years, being born in Glastonbury, England to Australian parents from Western Australia; living in England till he reached his early 20s. He speaks about his childhood memories of wartime England, his education; reasons for leaving England and settling in Western Australia in 1963 as a Literature/History teacher at a Grammar school in Perth (WA) for 6 years; starting work at the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) in 1969 as an Education Producer; working on the School of the Air correspondence program, environmental programs for schools, general children's programs.
Bunbury recalls the move to radio program production, seeing it as a way to make history more accessible by enabling listeners to tell their stories; working on numerous documentaries that reflected the life of the 1920s & 1930s; 1985 being involved in the creation of a Social History Unit at the ABC for which he took on the role of Social History Unit Producer/Presenter; the production of award winning programs on current social issues as well as critically acclaimed series and documentaries on Australian history topics. Bunbury speaks about his involvement with the Oral History Association of Australia and the regular workshops he held on Documentary making.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 28 November 2001.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (typescript, 8 leaves) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 86 leaves) available.
- Subject:
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- Bunbury, Bill, 1940- -- Interviews
- Australian Broadcasting Commission. Social History Unit
- Radio producers and directors -- Western Australia -- Interviews
- Television producers and directors -- Western Australia -- Interviews
- Radio programs -- Western Australia
- Television programs -- Western Australia
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Davey, Gwenda, 1932-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2071 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2001
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