Victor Courtney Explained
Victor Desmond Courtney (27 May 1894 – 1 December 1970) was a Western Australian journalist and newspaper editor.
He began writing early in life, gaining a published story in the Lone Hand in 1910.
He was in a partnership (with Jack Simons) in a weekly sporting newspaper, The Call.[1]
He was involved with a Saturday-evening paper, The Mirror.During his time at the Sunday Times, he traveled with his wife before the second world war,[2] as well as after the war writing about post war developments in the world and Australia,[3] [4] Courtney ultimately was the managing director of The Sunday Times and at the time, also owner of a network of thirty regional newspapers.
Works
- (1941) Random Rhymes, Perth, the author.[5]
- (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. - [6]
- (1946) Parlez vous [poem]. (first line) 'The reelers are at dinner tonight'.
- (1948) Cold is the Marble[7]
- (1956) All I May Tell
- (1961) The Life Story of J. J. Simons
- (1962) Perth—and All This!
Further reading
- Davidson, Ron, (1994) High jinks at the hot pool : Mirror reflects the life of a city Fremantle, W.A. Fremantle Arts Centre Press. (pbk.) former title was The Mirror.
External links
Notes and References
- News: The 'Call.' . . New South Wales, Australia . 24 February 1909 . 12 June 2023 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
- News: Impressions Abroad. . . 53 . 16,005 . Western Australia . 14 October 1937 . 12 June 2023 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
- News: Victor Courtney . . 2199 . Western Australia . 17 March 1940 . 12 June 2023 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
- News: By Victor Courtney . . 2802 . Western Australia . 22 March 1953 . 12 June 2023 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
- a review of his own work - News: Reviewer's Corner. . . 18 . 970 . Western Australia . 9 January 1942 . 11 June 2023 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
- see the review - News: Poetry anthologies from the West . . 63 . 19,568 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 6 May 1989 . 12 June 2023 . 24 . National Library of Australia.
- News: A Time To Think . . 22,433 . Victoria, Australia . 16 April 1949 . 11 June 2023 . 10 . National Library of Australia.