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Donald Horne

Professor Donald Horne was one of Australia's foremost academics, historians and philosophers.
Series : Australian Biography Series 1 | Year : 1992 | Total Duration : 26 Minutes | Producer : Frank Heimans
Director : Frank Heimans |
Interview Donald Horne talking about his belief in attributes of superficiality. Still b&w photograph CU Donald Horne speaking at microphone. Interview Donald. B&W photo, 1950s, Donald reading magazine at newsstand. Interview Donald. B&W photo CU Donald with fingers at cheek. Interview Donald about being egocentric. Super.
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Access No. 133179 | 1 min 7 secs | 1990s, 1950s, | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Donald Horne | B&W |
Six still b&w photographs, 1920s, of Donald Horne as a baby, zoom in on photo of him sitting on blanket. Interview Donald Horne talking about growing up in Muswellbrook and the town's social system. Still b&w photograph Donald as young boy in garden wearing bow tie, six b&w photos Donald as young boy, pull back from photo Donald in bowler hat. Interview Donald about buying his own books as a child, wanting to learn everything, division between Catholics and Protestants.
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Access No. 133180 | 3 mins 11 secs | 1990s, 1920s, | Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia; Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Donald Horne | B&W |
Still b&w photograph, 1920s, Donald Horne as young boy with mother and father. Interview Donald Horne talking about his father switching from being Presbyterian to Anglican. B&W photo Donald's parents as young couple. Interview Donald about his mother. B&W photo parents standing outside Katoomba station. Interview Donald about his mother's liveliness and enthusiasm.
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Access No. 133181 | 52 secs | 1990s, 1920s, | NSW, Australia | © Donald Horne | B&W |
Six still b&w photographs, 1920s, Donald Horne as young boy, zoom in to Donald and cousin Elaine in swimming costumes, dog standing between them. Interview Donald Horne talking about father's mental illness. B&W photo Donald's father. Interview Donald. B&W photo Donald at age 14 with mother and baby sister. Interview Donald about having acquired a certain kind of critical spirit, his father having inspired him to think for himself, various experiences and acquaintances made at university, including philosopher John Anderson.
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Access No. 133182 | 4 mins 2 secs | 1990s, 1920s, | Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia; Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Donald Horne | B&W |
Still b&w portrait photograph, 1930s, university lecturer and philosopher Professor John Anderson. Interview Donald Horne talking about opportunity to do alot of reading at Sydney University.
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Access No. 133183 | 54 secs | 1990s, 1930s, | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
B&W photo Donald Horne aged 17 in full academic garb with other students starting at Sydney University. Interview Donald Horne talking about attitudes to journalism, being university correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. B&W photo, 1940s, Donald as young man with fat cigarette in mouth, Martin Place, during student paper ÔHoni Soit' days.
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Access No. 133184 | 39 secs | 1990s, 1940s, | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Donald Horne | B&W |
Interview Donald Horne talking about his first marriage in 1948, going to England in 1949 and making a life there, returning to Australia in 1954 to start a new magazine. Still b&w portrait photograph Donald Horne aged about 27. Interview Donald about circumstances that led to him staying in Australia. B&W photo, 1950s, Donald and group of men with Clyde Packer (elder brother of Kerry) larking around in office.
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Access No. 133185 | 3 mins 8 secs | 1990s, 1940s, | Australia | © Donald Horne | B&W |
Interview Donald Horne talking about Frank Packer being tipped off that Rupert Murdoch was about to buy ÔNew Idea' women's magazine and buying it himself, The Observer magazine taking over The Bulletin which Donald as editor, totally changed at great risk. Still b&w photograph, 1967, Donald sitting next to The Bulletin. Interview Donald about writing book ÔThe Lucky Country' in six weeks.
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Access No. 133186 | 1 min 27 secs | 1990s, 1960s, | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Donald Horne | B&W |
Still b&w photograph Donald Horne. Interview Donald Horne talking about the significance of his book ÔThe Lucky Country', listing examples of the sensitive topics criticised, the topical and educational value of the book. CU book cover ÔThe Lucky Country'. Interview Donald about the book now being out of date, description of a Ôfair go' ideology for Australia, liberalism, evil and good, humanism, giving things a go.
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Access No. 133187 | 4 mins 31 secs | 1990s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Donald Horne | B&W |
Still b&w photograph, 1960, Donald Horne and his second wife Mifanwe coming out of registry office on wedding day. B&W photo Donald and Mifanwe at their wedding reception. Interview Donald Horne talking about meeting his second wife and proposing a week later. Still colour photograph, 1970s, Donald with daughter Juliette and son Nicholas, all looking at something.
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Access No. 133188 | 57 secs | 1990s, 1960s, | Australia | © Donald Horne | B&W |
Still b&w photograph, 1985, WS Donald Horne speaking at lectern with large Australiana painting in B/G, inaugural address at the Australia Council. B&W photo, 1985, WS Donald addressing audience as Chairman of Australia Council, Art Gallery of NSW. Interview Donald Horne talking about the unexamined life not being worth living (Socrates' dictum) and human curiosity being a most useful characteristic, Australians should try to be themselves, try to be united rather than divided.
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Access No. 133189 | 57 secs | 1990s, 1980s, | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Donald Horne | Colour |
Still b&w photograph WS Donald Horne, 1975, chairing meeting at Sydney Town Hall, part of banner in B/G. B&W photo WS Donald at lectern of same meeting, audience and banner reading ÔIt's Time for a New Constitution' in B/G. Interview Donald Horne talking about the need to look at Australia as a whole rather than promote specialised areas of knowledge, the value of a thorough cultural analysis.
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Access No. 133190 | 39 secs | 1990s, 1970s, | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Donald Horne | B&W |
Still b&w photograph, 1980s, Donald Horne, Patrick White and Frank Hardy at a rally for the Republican Movement, Donald shouting into microphone, fists in air. Interview Donald Horne talking about Australia's role models, humiliation of PM Hawke at celebration of Australia winning the America's Cup.
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Access No. 133191 | 1 min 1 sec | 1990s, 1980s, | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © John Fairfax Ltd | B&W |
Still colour photograph, 1988, Donald Horne holding paper at meeting. Interview Donald Horne talking about pleasures in being a writer. B&W photo, 1990, Donald and John Dawkins at dinner for his leaving the Australia Council. Interview Donald about feeling his life has not been a total success, discovering some of his talents later in life, feeling one puzzling phase of his life was a bit of a waste, sometimes losing his temper, getting better at apologising.
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Access No. 133192 | 3 mins 42 secs | 1990s, 1980s, | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Donald Horne | B&W |
Still colour photograph, 1980s, Donald Horne in full professional garb at University of NSW having honorary Doctorate of Letters. Interview Donald Horne talking about his intellectual arrogance, stimulating discussion and debate by making statements with confidence. B&W photo Donald (possibly 1991) at lectern microphone.
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Access No. 133193 | 44 secs | 1990s, 1980s, | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Donald Horne | B&W |
Interview Donald Horne talking about being wrongly accused of being self-satisfied and smug. Still b&w photograph, 1980s, Donald Horne writing at desk in bathrobe. Interview Donald about his worries, including ones about humanity.
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Access No. 133194 | 1 min 5 secs | 1990s, 1980s, | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Donald Horne | B&W |
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