Victor Courtney
Australian journalist and newspaper editor (1894–1970) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Victor Desmond Courtney (27 May 1894 – 1 December 1970) was a Western Australian journalist and newspaper editor.
Victor Desmond Courtney | |
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Born | 27 May 1894 |
Died | 1 December 1970 |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, author, and newspaper proprietor. |
Spouse |
Thela Pearl Richards
(m. 1937) |
Children | 1 (Veecee) |
Parent(s) | Henry Courtney Katie Courtney (née O'Connor) |
He began writing early in life, gaining a published story in the Lone Hand in 1910.[1]
He was in a partnership (with Jack Simons) in a weekly sporting newspaper, The Call.[2]
He was involved with a Saturday-evening paper, The Mirror.[3] During his time at the Sunday Times, he traveled with his wife before the second world war,[4] as well as after the war writing about post war developments in the world and Australia,[5][6] Courtney ultimately was the managing director of The Sunday Times and at the time, also owner of a network of thirty regional newspapers.