Max Lamshed Explained

Max Lamshed
Birth Name:	Maxwell Robert Arthur Lamshed
Birth Date:	5 April 1901
Birth Place:	Mount Gambier, South Australia
Death Place:	Crafers, South Australia
Occupation:	Journalist and historian
Children:	4

Maxwell Robert Arthur "Max" Lamshed OBE (5 April 1901 – 25 July 1971), occasionally written as "M. R. Lamshed", was a South Australian journalist, historian and Red Cross official.

History

Max was born in Rendelsham^[1] the only son of carpenter and builder Arthur J. Lamshed, whose parents emigrated to South Australia in the 1850s,^[2] and was educated at Mount Gambier High School^[3]

His father was at Robe for 18 years, Rendelsham from around 1896 to 1906, where he was an active member of the local cricket team, then Mount Gambier. Max too was a keen cricketer.

Max was employed by The Border Watch then in 1923 moved to The Adelaide Advertiser.^[4] He became a feature writer, then News Editor, Assistant Manager and finally Promotions Manager. While working, he continued studying in his spare time, performing credibly.^[5]

He was seconded by The Advertiser to the 1933 University of Adelaide anthropological expedition to the western MacDonnell Ranges, Mann Ranges and Musgrave Ranges.^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}

In 1940 Max Lamshed wrote a piece for the Border Watch on the work of the Red Cross.^[14] From 1943 to 1955 he was honorary organizer for the Food for Britain campaign in South Australia, and for this service was appointed OBE in 1950.^[15] From 1958 to 1963 he was chairman of the South Australian Division of the Red Cross Society.

He was appointed Press Officer to H.M the Queen Mother for her 1964 Australian tour.^[16] He retired from The Advertiser in 1964 to accept a position as administrator for the Adelaide Festival of Arts, helping organise the 1966 and 1968 Festivals.

Other interests included the Adelaide Eisteddfod Society, of which he was chairman from 1961 to 1966; he was a member of the Stirling District Council, a member of the National Parks Commission of SA; a governor of the Adelaide Botanic Garden; and a member of the Board of Governors for the Morialta Children's Home. He was a member of Rotary International and an occasional contributor to The Rotarian.^[17]

Family

Max married Christine Joyce Davis (–) on 9 March 1940.^[18] They had two sons and two daughters, and lived at Crafers in the Adelaide Hills.

Bibliography

• The River's Bounty – a history of Barmera and its people 1952 *
• The Hardy Tradition – tracing the growth and development of a great wine-making family through its first hundred years 1953 *
• Years to Remember – 1854–1954 : a record of the first hundred years of the business of D. and J. Fowler Limited 1954 *
• The People's Garden: A Centenary History of the Adelaide Botanic Garden Government Printer, Adelaide 1955
• The Seppelt Story 1851–1951 1958 *
• The South Australian Story – a century of progress (illust. mostly by W. Sanders) Advertiser Newspapers Limited, Adelaide 1958 *
• Adelaide Sketchbook (with Jeanette McLeod) Rigby 1967
• South East Sketchbook (with Ken Robins) Rigby 1970
• Adelaide Hills Sketchbook (with Jeanette McLeod) Rigby 1971
• Prospect: 1872–1972 : a portrait of a city Corporation of the City of Prospect, Adelaide 1972
• Monty – the biography of C. P. Mountford Rigby Limited 1972

* Lamshed's authorship of these histories was revealed on the flyleaf of Monty.

Further reading (or listening)

Radio interview with Max Lamshed by Lynne Arnold.^[19]

Notes and References

1. News: Honor for Rendelsham Man . . Millicent, SA . 5 January 1951 . 14 October 2015 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: Personalia . . Millicent, SA . 6 December 1946 . 9 October 2015 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: New Year Honours O.B.E. To Mr. Lamshed . The Border Watch. Mount Gambier, SA . 2 January 1951 . 14 October 2015 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
4. News: 25 Years Ago . The Border Watch. Mount Gambier, SA . 15 July 1948 . 14 October 2015 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
5. News: Concerning People . The Border Watch. Mount Gambier, SA . 6 December 1930 . 14 October 2015 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
6. News: Scientists' Camp in Mountain Glen . . Adelaide . 2 September 1933 . 14 October 2015 . 14 . National Library of Australia. Report No. 1
7. News: Kindergartens in the Wilds . . Adelaide . 5 September 1933 . 14 October 2015 . 8 . National Library of Australia. Report No. 2
8. News: Nomadic Life in No-Man's Land . . Adelaide . 6 September 1933 . 14 October 2015 . 18 . National Library of Australia. Report No. 3
9. News: Teeth Removed as Aid to Beauty . . Adelaide . 7 September 1933 . 14 October 2015 . 14 . National Library of Australia. Report No. 4
10. News: Busy Days at Ernabella . . Adelaide . 8 September 1933 . 14 October 2015 . 28 . National Library of Australia. Report No. 5
11. News: Fierce Life of Far Outback . . Adelaide . 9 September 1933 . 14 October 2015 . 14 . National Library of Australia. Report No. 6
12. News: Socialists of the Outback . . Adelaide . 11 September 1933 . 14 October 2015 . 14 . National Library of Australia. Report No. 7
13. News: Revue in the Outback . . Adelaide . 12 September 1933 . 14 October 2015 . 20 . National Library of Australia. Report No. 8
14. News: Birth of Red Cross. . The Border Watch. Mount Gambier, SA . 22 February 1940 . 15 October 2015 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
15. News: One New Knight in S.A. Awards . . Adelaide . 1 January 1951 . 16 October 2015 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
16. Web site: Robert Menzies: Media release 22 November 1963. 14 October 2015.
17. Web site: The Rotarian. August 1960. Rotary International. 15 October 2015. This issue features an article by Lamshed on the Adelaide Festival.
18. News: Wedding. . The Border Watch. Mount Gambier, SA . 26 March 1940 . 14 October 2015 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
19. Web site: Radio interview with Max Lamshed. State Library of South Australia. 16 October 2015. Cassette recording and 17-page transcription.