Barrie McMahon on His Biography and the Beginning of Australia's Media Studies

Barrie McMahon has been a classroom teacher, media studies consultant and curriculum manager with the Department of Education and Training in Western Australia. Since his retirement he has taken up positions in the private sector and with Curtin University. His one-year fellowship in England in 1972 led to his long career focus on media education, and to his subsequent work in global media literacy. He began his career teaching English in a country town in Western Australia.