Brian Penton
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Brian Con Penton was an Australia
n journalist
and novelist. He was born at Ascot, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland
and educated at Brisbane Grammar School.
, The Daily Express and The Daily Mail in London, England, and Sir Frank Packer's The Daily Telegraph
in Sydney, of which he eventually became the editor. He also did some speech-writing for the Australian prime minister S. M. Bruce, and for his predecessor William Morris Hughes. He was also a political and social commentator and published a number of works criticizing the political regimes of the day. He wrote two novels Landtakers (1934), which chronicles pioneering life in Queensland from 1824-64, and a sequel Inheritors (1936). One of the principal characters in these books is said to be based on Patrick Mayne of the Mayne Inheritance.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and novelist. He was born at Ascot, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
and educated at Brisbane Grammar School.
Writing career
In 1921, Penton found work as a copy-boy on the Brisbane Courier, and went on to work on The Sydney Morning HeraldThe Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1831 as the Sydney Herald, the SMH is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia. The newspaper is published six days a week. The newspaper's Sunday counterpart, The...
, The Daily Express and The Daily Mail in London, England, and Sir Frank Packer's The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
in Sydney, of which he eventually became the editor. He also did some speech-writing for the Australian prime minister S. M. Bruce, and for his predecessor William Morris Hughes. He was also a political and social commentator and published a number of works criticizing the political regimes of the day. He wrote two novels Landtakers (1934), which chronicles pioneering life in Queensland from 1824-64, and a sequel Inheritors (1936). One of the principal characters in these books is said to be based on Patrick Mayne of the Mayne Inheritance.