Miranda Downes Explained
Miranda Downes (27 February 1950 – 3 August 1985) was an Australian screenwriter.[1] Ernest Arthur Knibb was convicted of her murder.
Miranda (known as Mandy) attended Cumberland High School (Carlingford). She was awarded a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New South Wales. Subsequently, she completed a course in "script writing" at the National Institute for Dramatic Arts (NIDA).[2]
She worked as a production secretary in the film industry when she wrote an original script, Undercover (1983). She later started working on a script called Cane about Italian cane cutters in Queensland, when she was murdered on a beach north of Cairns.[3] [4] Ernest Knibb was arrested after an investigation by the TV show 60 Minutes.[5]
Cane became the mini series Fields of Fire.[6] [7]
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Notes and References
- [David Elfick]
- News: Top writer murdered on beach. The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 August 1985. 4. Richard. Glover.
- News: Tough city, Cairns, but not for Michael Grace . . 60 . 18,240 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 8 September 1985 . 28 February 2017 . 31 (GOOD WEEKEND) . National Library of Australia.
- News: Features A good year for Australian cinemas 'Crocodile Dundee' puts the bite back into the film industry . . 61 . 18,723 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 7 January 1987 . 28 February 2017 . 16 . National Library of Australia.
- News: Arrested after TV tip-off . . 61 . 18,754 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 7 February 1987 . 28 February 2017 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
- David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p38-39
- Web site: Convicted killer Ernest Arthur Knibb, 71, eyes parole after 25 years behind bars . Guppy . Damon . 4 September 2012 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20120908092901/http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2012/09/04/233173_local-news.html . 8 September 2012 . 16 April 2015.
