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 The Sun News-Pictorial for which he wrote during 1946-1986.

Sources

• Obituary, Herald Sun, 11 April 2002.
• Obituary, The Age, 18 April 2002.

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Date of birth	1909
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Date of death	10 April 2002
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