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Victor Desmond Courtney (27 May 1894 – 1 December 1970) was a Western Australian journalist and newspaper editor.
Victor Desmond Courtney | |
|---|---|
| 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.
- (1941) Random Rhymes, Perth, the author.[7]
- (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, 1829-1988 page 200. - [8]
- (1946) Parlez vous [poem]. (first line) 'The reelers are at dinner tonight'.
- (1948) Cold is the Marble[9][10]
- (1956) All I May Tell[11]
- (1961) The Life Story of J. J. Simons[12]
- (1962) Perth—and All This![13]
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