Noel Monkman was an Australian

Australian people

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 filmmaker best known for specialising in underwater photography

Underwater photography

Underwater photography is the process of taking photographs while under water. It is usually done while scuba diving, but can be done while snorkeling or swimming.-Overview:...

. He established Australian Educational Films with F.W. Thring, directing a series of educational nature films about the Great Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is the world'slargest reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres over an area of approximately...

. He later made several documentaries as well as two dramatic feature films. He collaborated throughout his career with his wife Kitty.

He and Kitty lived for a time on Green Island, acting as a volunteer air observer during World War II

World War II

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Selected filmography

• Secrets of the Sea (1931) - director (documentary)
• The Cliff Dwellers (1932) - director (documentary)
• Coral and it's Creatures (1932) - director (documentary)
• Typhoon Treasure
  Typhoon Treasure
  Typhoon Treasure is a 1938 Australian adventure film directed by Noel Monkman set in New Guinea although shot on the Great Barrier Reef and the Queensland coast...
  
  (1938) – writer, director
• The Power and the Glory
  The Power and the Glory (1941 film)
  The Power and the Glory is a 1941 Australian war film about a Czech scientist who escapes from the Nazis to live in Australia. It features an early screen performance by Peter Finch....
  
  (1941) – writer, director
• Marvels of Miniature (1950) - documentary
• King of the Coral Sea
  King of the Coral Sea
  King of the Coral Sea is a 1954 film starring Chips Rafferty and Charles Tingwell, directed by Lee Robinson and shot on location in Thursday Island.-Synopsis:...
  
  (1954) – underwater photography
• Deep Down Under (1956) - director (TV documentary)
• Coral Kingdom (1958) – director

Writings

• Escape to Adventure (1956)
• From Queensland to the Great Barrier Reef : a naturalist's adventures in Australia (1958)
• Quest for the Curly-Tailed Horses (1962) - autobiography

External links

• Noel Monkman at Trove
• Noel Monkman at National Film and Sound Archive
  National Film and Sound Archive
  The National Film and Sound Archive is Australia’s audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national collection of audiovisual materials and related items...