Victor Courtney
Victor Desmond Courtney (27 May 1894 – 1 December 1970) was a Western Australian journalist and newspaper editor. From small beginnings in a partnership (with Jack Simons) in a weekly sporting newspaper, The Call, through to a Saturday-evening paper, The Mirror, Courtney ended up as the managing director of The Sunday Times and owner of a network of thirty regional newspapers.
Victor Desmond Courtney | |
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| Born | 27 May 1894 |
| Died | 1 December 1970 |
| Occupation | Journalist, author, and newspaper proprietor. |
| Spouse(s) | Thela Pearl Richards
(m. after 1937) |
| Children | 1 (Veecee) |
| Parent(s) | Henry Courtney Katie Courtney (née O'Connor) |
Works
- (1941) Random Rhymes, Perth, the author.
- (1941) The man from Marble Bar [poem].First line: Satan sat by the fires of hell. in Random rhymes, 1941, p. 16
reprinted in Grono, William (ed) (1988) Margins : a West Coast selection of poetry, 1829-1988Fremantle, W.A. Fremantle Arts Centre Press. ISBN 0-949206-37-7. page 200.
- (1946) Parlez vous [poem]. (first line) 'The reelers are at dinner tonight'.
- (1948) Cold is the Marble, Melbourne : Jindyworobak.
- (1956) All I May Tell, Sydney : Shakespeare Head Press.
- The Life Story of J. J. Simons, 1961.
- Perth—and All This!, 1962.
Further reading
- Davidson, Ron, (1994) High jinks at the hot pool : Mirror reflects the life of a city Fremantle, W.A. Fremantle Arts Centre Press. ISBN 1-86368-090-X (pbk.) former title was The Mirror.
External links
- Courtney's Australian Dictionary of Biography entry. - print version at — Victor Courtney — biography of journalist. Australian dictionary of biography, Vol. 13, p. 514.
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