Douglas Wilkie
Douglas Wilkie (1909 – 10 April 2002) was a respected columnist for The Sun News-Pictorial (Australia). 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 Sun News-Pictorial for which he wrote during 1946–1986.
The Douglas Wilkie Medal, a mock award of the Anti-Football League, was named in his honour
Sources
- Obituary, Herald Sun, 11 April 2002.
- Obituary, The Age, 18 April 2002.
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