By his request, Peter was interred in an eco burial in the bush area ‘up the back’ of Kingston Cemetery on 9 May 2022 following a service led by Rev. Dennis Cousens at Grahams Family Funerals, New Town. Of course there was music, including of songs Peter had composed and recorded when he sang them with friends, such as ‘Lean Too’ and ‘Everyone Is Dancing At The Forcett Hall’. Family and friends shared stories of life with Peter throughout his life, as a musician, as a teacher, as a ‘farmer’ and as a historian and author. It was a fine farewell but we would rather he had been well enough to share his knowledge and skills with us for longer.
Category Archives: Biography
Angus Downie 1946-2010 – In Memorium
Peter asked for a memorial to his friend and great disability advocate Angus Downie to be placed here.
In Memory of Angus Downie AM
Advocate for the Rights of the Disabled, political journalist and activist, writer, commentator, supporter of minority groups, adviser to State and Federal Committees and close friend of Peter and Rob MacFie.
Musings on Gus’s abilities with politicians, by Peter O’Keefe
Henry H. MacFie
Henry H. MacFie
Henry H. MacFie was the father of Peter MacFie. After serving during WW2 in New Guinea, he trained as an engineer and spent his working life with the Hydro-Electric Commission. He was particularly interested in historical engineering. This page links to his published works, but before he was an engineer, Lt. Henry MacFie was a soldier during World War II in New Guinea where he was awarded the Military Cross. Peter tells the story in his biography See No Evil.
Henry married Lilian Archer and their first son, Peter, was born in 1943. They met briefly when Peter was 3 weeks old, and then not again till Peter was 9 months old, in 1944.
In Memory of Henry Hector MacFie
Compiled by his second son, Robert H. MacFie
All Works by Henry H. McFie
* indicates link page complete
** indicates index online
| Year(s) | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Duck Reach – The First Significant Hydro-Electric Development in Australasia: H.H. McFie 1992 | * |
His Musical Life
A Brief Musical Biography
A 6th generation Tasmania, Peter was a graduate of the University of Tasmania, and has been a teacher and public historian, including site historian at Port Arthur 1983-1991. Peter was active in the community, helping form several local history societies and instigated the Professional Historians Association of Tasmania. He also published numerous reports, papers and books and delivered many talks on topics musical, historic, or both.