Mungo Ballardie MacCallum
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Born | John Mungo Ballardie MacCallum 11 December 1913 |
Died | 12 July 1999 Sydney, Australia | (aged 85)
Spouse(s) | Diana Wentworth (m. 1939) Polly MacCallum (m. 1972) |
Children | Mungo Wentworth MacCallum |
Parent(s) | (father) |
Relatives | Mungo William MacCallum (grandfather) |
John Mungo Ballardie MacCallum (commonly known as Mungo Ballardie MacCallum, 11 December 1913 – 12 July 1999) was an Australian journalist, broadcaster and poet.[1]
Early life[]
MacCallum was born in Point Piper, Sydney on 11 December 1913. His father was , a Rhodes Scholar and the son of Mungo William MacCallum, Chancellor of the University of Sydney. He attended the Sydney Grammar School and studied Arts at the University of Sydney.[2]
Career[]
MacCallum started working for the ABC in 1952, and, after a stint at the BBC, helped produce the first night of television in Australia in 1956.[3] His books included two novels, Voyage of Love, and Son of Mars, and an autobiography, Plankton's Luck.[4] Later, in the 1960s, he wrote for a journal named Nation.[5] He had a son with Diana Wentworth, Mungo Wentworth MacCallum.
Death[]
MacCallum died in Sydney on 12 July 1999.
References[]
- ^ "MacCallum, Mungo (Mungo Ballardie), 1913-1999". State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Mungo Ballardie MacCallum". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Mungo MacCallum". Australian Biography. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ Arnold, John; Hay, John A., eds. (2001). The Bibliography of Australian Literature: K–O. University of Queensland Press. p. 250.
- ^ "Mungo Ballardie MacCullum [sic]". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- Journalists from Sydney
- 1913 births
- 1999 deaths
- 20th-century Australian journalists
- 20th-century Australian poets
- 20th-century Australian novelists
- 20th-century Australian male writers
- University of Sydney alumni
- Male journalists
- Australian male novelists
- Australian male poets