Douglas Wilkie
Journalist, Deceased Person
1909 – 2002
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Who was Douglas Wilkie?
Douglas Wilkie was a respected columnist for The Sun News-Pictorial. The son of travelling Shakespearean actors Allan Wilkie and Frediswyde Hunter-Watts, he began his newspaper career as a copy boy with the Hobart Mercury. This period was followed by Sir Keith Murdoch appointing him as Geelong correspondent for The Herald. Wilkie is best remembered for his political commentary for the The Sun News-Pictorial for which he wrote during 1946-1986.
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- 1909
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- Died
- Apr 10, 2002
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on July 23, 2013
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