Maxwell Dunn (1916–65) was an Australian writer and producer of radio, films and prose. Dunn was born in Launceston, Tasmania. He did a variety of jobs, including as an insurance agent and began writing for radio. Dunn became production manager for the Macquarie network where he wrote and adapted numerous plays, serials and documentaries. In 1951, Dunn left Australia to become Programme Director of Film Television with the United Nations Organisation. He worked for ten years in New York and New Delhi then returned to Australia shortly before his death in 1965. Dunn's papers are at the University of Queensland.

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*'' Jungle Drums'' (1937)- radio serial *'' Light Sinister'' (1938) - radio play *'' Stateroom One'' (1939) - radio play *'' There are Three Sisters'' (1939) - radio play *'' Dishonour Be My Destiny'' (1940) - radio play about Thomas Morton *''

The Rats of Tobruk The Rats of Tobruk were soldiers of the Australian-led Allied garrison, as well as the Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade that held the Libyan port of Tobruk against the Afrika Corps, during the Siege of Tobruk in World War II. The si ...

'' (1944) - narration *''

When You Come Home ''When You Come Home'' is a 1948 British comedy film directed by John Baxter (director), John Baxter and starring Frank Randle, Leslie Sarony and Leslie Holmes (comedian), Leslie Holmes. Plot When the music hall where he works is threatened wit ...

'' (1946) *''Secret Assassin'' (1948) - radio documentary *''

Sons of Matthew ''Sons of Matthew'' is a 1949 Australian film directed and produced and co-written by Charles Chauvel (filmmaker), Charles Chauvel. The film was shot in 1947 on location in Queensland, Australia, and the studio sequences in Sydney. ''Sons of Matt ...

'' (1949) - screenplay *''How They Made Sons of Matthew'' (1949) - book *''Native Tongue'' (1951) - radio documentary *''A Tale of Two Islands'' (1951) - radio documentary *''A window on the sky : a microphone play'' *''Brief candle : a play for the microphone'' *''Circumstantial evidence '' *''Cross roads to nowhere '' *''Front page lady'' *''Leave it to the girls'' *''Satan's quests'' *''Shadow at my shoulder'' *''Stateroom One'' *''The acid test'' *''The Broken Hill'' *''The Closed Door'' *''The Highest Conman'' *''The sins of the fathers''

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