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H.C. ÒNuggetÓ Coombs

H.C. ÒNuggetÓ Coombs was one of Australia's most outstanding and influential public servants.
Series : Australian Biography Series 1 | Year : 1992 | Total Duration : 26 Minutes | Producer : Frank Heimans
Director : Frank Heimans |
MCU Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs interview, talking about origins of name Nugget. Still b&w photograph Coombs holding squash rackets standing next to taller man, both naked from waist up.
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Access No. 131061 | 30 secs | Unknown | Australia | © Australian Archives | Colour |
Still b&w photograph HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs in yoga pose with female in yoga class. Still b&w photo Coombs bending over with putter on golf green.
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Access No. 131062 | 9 secs | Unknown | Australia | © ANU | B&W |
Still b&w portrait photograph Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs in park, aged about 80. Super. B&W photo Coombs with bay daughter Janet. B&W photo Coombs speaking at microphone. Supers.
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Access No. 131063 | 11 secs | Unknown | Australia | © Australian Archives | B&W |
Still b&w photograph HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs as Governor of Commonwealth Bank, with secretary at desk. Super. B&W photo Coombs with wife and another lady at the 1954 Elizabethan Ball. Super. B&W photo Coombs, when Governor of Reserve Bank, at table with two other men about to blow out candles on birthday cake, 1960s. Super.
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Access No. 131064 | 9 secs | Various | Australia | © ANU | B&W |
Still b&w photograph HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs in professional garb as Chancellor of the Australian National University. Super.
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Access No. 131065 | 3 secs | Unknown | Australia | © Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs | B&W |
Still colour photograph HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs with lady at entrance to cave with Aboriginal rock art, 1970s. Super. B&W portrait photo of Coombs smiling. Super. B&W portrait photo bearded Coombs. Interview Coombs talking about economic social system. B&W photo football team. Zoom to Coombs in front row. Coombs interview talking about school. B&W photo Coombs, aged 18, with fellow student, both wearing bow ties. B&W framed photo Perth Modern School cricket team, 1922. Zoom to Coombs, aged 16, sitting in front.
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Access No. 131066 | 2 mins 28 secs | Various | Australia | © Australian Archives | B&W |
Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs talking about his education (1991) . Still b&w sepia portrait photograph of Coombs as student at age 18 (1924)
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Access No. 131067 | 9 secs | 1920s | Australia | © Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs | Colour |
Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs talking about his education,1991. Still b&w sepia photograph Coombs portrait at age 18, as detail from cricket team photo, 1924. Interview Coombs talking about teaching. B&W photo Aboriginal student from Woodanilly School, 1928.
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Access No. 131068 | 41 secs | 1920s | Australia | © Australian Archives | Colour |
Still b&w freeze-frame image Aboriginal girl milking goat, 1920s. B&W freeze-frame image Aboriginal girl walking alongside donkey herd, 1920s. Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs talking about racism,1991
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Access No. 131069 | 59 secs | 1920s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Still b&w photograph HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs and friend, early 1930s. Interview with Coombs talking about university graduation, 1991
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Access No. 131070 | 28 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Australian Archives | B&W |
Still b&w photograph exterior of London School of Economics, 1930s. Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs talking about Depression in England, 1991.
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Access No. 131071 | 11 secs | 1930s | London, England, UK | © Commonwealth Bank | Colour |
B&W archival footage British street scene with long rows of houses/ homes. Woman holding baby standing with and talking to woman with arms crossed. Two children playing outside building with train passing in B/G. MCU two children with dirty clothes and faces, boy eating chip. Terraced houses with train speeding by in B/G. Woman and boy behind railing on balcony. WS two people walking down middle of cobbled street lines by rows of terraces houses, showing interesting perspective.
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Access No. 131072 | 18 secs | 1930s | England, UK | © The Post Office | B&W |
Interview with Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs talking about Depression in UK. Archival b&w footage, 1930s, woman in headscarf walking along ally. Steam billowing from train as it passes factory with black smoke billowing from tall chimney stack. Pan across industrial township. Interview Coombs talking about concerns for economic system.
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Access No. 131073 | 39 secs | 1930s | England, UK | © The Post Office | B&W |
Archival b&w static wide shot of Perth, 1935. Trees in F/G. Super.
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Access No. 131074 | 3 secs | 1930s | Perth, WA, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Archival b&w footage of Perth street scenes with pedestrians and tram. Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs, 1991
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Access No. 131075 | 13 secs | 1930s | Perth, WA, Australia | © Frank Heimans | B&W |
Still b&w photograph exterior of Commonwealth Bank in George Street, Sydney from high angle, 1940s. Interview MS Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs. B&W photo Prime Minister, John Curtin writing at desk. Interview Coombs talking about appointment to board of Commonwealth Bank, 1991.
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Access No. 131076 | 40 secs | 1940s | Australia | © John Fairfax Ltd | Colour |
Still b&w photograph HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs as young man. Interview Coombs, 1991
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Access No. 131077 | 17 secs | Unknown | Australia | © Australian Archives | Colour |
Archival b&w footage WWII bombers in flight. Bombs dropping. Bombing of Hong Kong harbour. Newspaper headlines (The Sun) on Japanese attacks. High shot of large crowds listening to speech by Prime Minister John Curtin on defence of Commonwealth, 1942. PM Curtin speaking at microphones. Super. Crowd shot. Australia Needs You poster / billboard. Curtin speech. VS Australian troops in action. Telephonists. Men digging trenches. Curtin speech. Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs talking about position during war.
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Access No. 131078 | 1 min 20 secs | 1940s | Hong Kong; Australia | © Film World | B&W |
Still b&w photograph of HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs at desk, 1942. Interview Coombs talking about rationing job, 1991.
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Access No. 131079 | 25 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Commonwealth Bank | Colour |
Archival b&w footage WWII identity card and ration book on table. Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs talking about rationing, 1991. Archival footage VS women rushing into store / shop to buy / purchase rations. Queues outside shop. VS shopkeepers. High shot large crowds in street. Interview Coombs, 1991.
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Access No. 131080 | 1 min 42 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Film World | B&W |
Still b&w photograph , pan from congregation to Archbishop of Melbourne. B&W photo Archbishop of Melbourne walking with trail being carried by minister. Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs telling ration story about Archbishop, 1991.
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Access No. 131081 | 54 secs | Unknown | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Still b&w portrait photograph HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs smiling as Head of Post War Reconstruction, 1940s. Interview Coombs talking about demobilisation, 1991.
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Access No. 131082 | 47 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Australian Archives | Colour |
Archival b&w footage post war housing construction work / building. WS house under construction. Young man hammering with two men in F/G. Worker pushing wheelbarrow. Men working on brick building. Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs, 1991.
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Access No. 131083 | 25 secs | 1940s | © NFSA | B&W |
Archival b&w footage HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs opening Hobart branch of Commonwealth Bank. Bank doors opening. WS large crowd outside bank. Pan down bank building.
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Access No. 131084 | 22 secs | 1940s | Hobart, Tas, Australia | © Film World | B&W |
Still b&w photograph HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs sitting around table with other members of the Commonwealth Bank board, 1940s. Zoom in to Coombs in photo. Interview Coombs talking about differences between his relationships with Ben Chifley and Robert Menzies, 1991.
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Access No. 131085 | 51 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Commonwealth Bank | Colour |
Still b&w photograph HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs with Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies outside window, 1950. Interview Coombs talking about Menzies, 1991.
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Access No. 131086 | 21 secs | 1950s | Australia | © ANU | Colour |
Still b&w photograph Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies in conversation with HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs, 1950s. Zoom in to their faces with Menzies looking wide-eyed. Interview Coombs talking about Menzies, 1991.
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Access No. 131087 | 22 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Australian Archives | Colour |
Still b&w photograph Prime Minister Harold Holt seated in chair. Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs talking about Holt, 1991.
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Access No. 131088 | 23 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Still b&w photograph Prime Minister Harold Holt in skin diving gear. Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs talking about Holt, 1991.
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Access No. 131089 | 11 secs | 1960s | Australia | © John Fairfax Ltd | Colour |
Still b&w photograph Prime Minister John Gorton sitting at desk. Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs talking about Gorton, 1991.
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Access No. 131090 | 39 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Still b&w photograph Prime Minister Billy (William) McMahon seated in chair. Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs talking about McMahon, 1991.
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Access No. 131091 | 1 min 23 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Archival b&w television footage, 1970s, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam giving speech at lectern. Large audience applauding / clapping. Whitlam talking about Aboriginal rights. Audience. Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs, 1991.
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Access No. 131092 | 35 secs | 1970s | Australia | © ABC Television | Colour |
Still b&w photograph Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, 1970s. Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs, 1991.
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Access No. 131093 | 18 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Archival b&w television footage interview with HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs, 1970s : ÒIf Mr Whitlam as PM invites me to become an advisor to him, I will give that serious considerationÓ. Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs talking about work as an advisor to PMs., 1991.
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Access No. 131094 | 1 min 8 secs | 1990s | Australia | © ABC Television | Colour |
Still b&w photograph HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs standing at microphone, 1948. Two men looking on.
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Access No. 131095 | 5 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Australian Archives | B&W |
Still b&w photograph HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs smiling with wife and Lady Carrington at the inaugural Commonwealth Bank art exhibition in 1958. Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs talking about bureaucrats, 1991.
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Access No. 131096 | 18 secs | 1950s | Australia | © ANU | Colour |
Still b&w photograph of Aboriginal Dick Roughsey. Pan from Roughsey to smiling HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs at function. B&W photo group of people smiling as they watch Coombs speaking at function. Pan to Coombs, 1974 retirement from the Australia Council. Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs talking about the arts, 1991. Still b&w photo bearded Coombs smiling, circa 1982. Interview Coombs talking about future of population and growth.
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Access No. 131097 | 5 mins 5 secs | Various | Australia | © Australian Archives | Colour |
Still b&w photograph HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs and wife. B&W photo panning up from clasped hands to bearded Coombs wearing glasses. Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs talking about Aboriginal rights, 1991. B&W photo Coombs sitting under tree with Aboriginal man, Vince Forrester, NT 1983. Interview Coombs, 1991.
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Access No. 131098 | 1 min 28 secs | Various | Australia | © Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs | Colour |
Still b&w photograph HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs in professional garb shaking hands with Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh), PM Menzies and academic watching on. Zoom in to group. Interview Dr HC ÒNuggetÓ Coombs talking about personal achievement of relationships with children, 1991.
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Access No. 131099 | 46 secs | Unknown | Australia | © Australian Archives | Colour |
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