1992, 26 Minutes

Australian Biography Series 1

Born in Kalamunda, Western Australia in 1906, H.C. "Nugget" Coombs was one of Australia's most outstanding and influential public servants, serving and advising seven prime ministers over a 30-year period. Coombs had a profound influence behind the scenes in business and politics and worked hard to achieve a distinctive social, economic and cultural place for all Australians, particularly Aboriginal Australians.

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