Australian Dictionary of Biography

21 October, 1922
Grafton, New South Wales, Australia

31 December, 2000 (aged 78)
Grafton, New South Wales, Australia

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• Grafton Public School (NSW) (student, 1927-1934)
• Grafton High School (NSW) (student, 1934-1937)
• Barker College (Sydney) (student, 1938-1941)

• soldier (1941-1946) Federal, Australia
• journalist (1942-1960) New South Wales, Australia
• local government councillor (1947-1952) New South Wales, Australia
• country party organiser (1949-1954) New South Wales, Australia
• local government head (1953-1954) New South Wales, Australia
• newspaper editor (1960-1977) New South Wales, Australia
• bookseller (1978-1980) New South Wales, Australia
• historian (general) (1984-1984) New South Wales, Australia

• Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1985)

• Country Party (NSW) (branch president, 1949-1954)

• Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW) (employee, 1942-1942)
• Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW) (employee, 1946-1977)
• Grafton District Council (NSW) (alderman, 1947)
• Grafton District Council (NSW) (mayor, 1953-1954)
• Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW) (editor, 1960-1977)
• Angus and Robertson (bookstore franchisee, 1977-1980)