Victor Courtney

Australian journalist and newspaper editor (1894–1970)

Thela Pearl Richards

(m. 1937)

(d.1962)Children1 (Veecee)Parent(s)Henry Courtney
Katie Courtney (née O'Connor)

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.^[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.

Works

(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]

Reference

^ "A Westralian Boy's Impressions of the Eastern States. (31 May 1910)", The Lone hand, 7 (38), W. McLeod]: 77, 31 May 1910, retrieved 12 June 2023
^ "The 'Call.'". The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette. New South Wales, Australia. 24 February 1909. p. 2. Retrieved 12 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ ""The King of Kings." An Impression by Victor Courtney in the Perth "Mirror." (13 March 1928)", Everyones, 9 (419), Everyones Ltd: 40, 13 March 1928, retrieved 11 June 2023
^ "Impressions Abroad". The West Australian. Vol. 53, no. 16, 005. Western Australia. 14 October 1937. p. 7. Retrieved 12 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Victor Courtney". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 2199. Western Australia. 17 March 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 12 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "By Victor Courtney". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 2802. Western Australia. 22 March 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 12 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ a review of his own work - "Reviewer's Corner". North-eastern Courier. Vol. 18, no. 970. Western Australia. 9 January 1942. p. 3. Retrieved 11 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Grono, William, 1934- (1988), Margins : a west coast selection of poetry, 1829-1988, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, ISBN 978-0-949206-37-4{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) see the review - "Poetry anthologies from the West". The Canberra Times. Vol. 63, no. 19, 568. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 6 May 1989. p. 24. Retrieved 12 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "A Time To Think". The Herald. No. 22, 433. Victoria, Australia. 16 April 1949. p. 10. Retrieved 11 June 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Courtney, Victor (1948), Cold is the marble, Jindyworobak, retrieved 11 June 2023
^ Courtney, Victor (1956), All I may tell : a journalist's story, Shakespeare Head Press, retrieved 11 June 2023
^ Courtney, Victor; Young Australia League (1961), The life story of J.J. Simons : founder of the Young Australia League, Young Australia League Inc, retrieved 11 June 2023
^ Courtney, Victor (1962), Perth -- and all this! : a story about a city, s.n.], retrieved 11 June 2023

External links

Courtney's Australian Dictionary of Biography entry. - print version at — Victor Courtney — biography of journalist. Australian dictionary of biography, Vol. 13, p. 514.