E W (Bill) Tipping
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| Born |
27 August 1915 Melbourne, Australia |
| Died | 29 April 1970 (aged 54) Melbourne, Australia |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Edmond William "Bill" Tipping (1915–1970) was an Australian journalist, social commentator and activist.
"Bill" Tipping was born in Moonee Ponds, and attended St Kevin's College, Melbourne where he was school captain in 1933. He studied law at the University of Melbourne, where he was an editor of the student newspaper Farrago, before being offered a position at the Melbourne Herald by Sir Keith Murdoch in 1939. He married Marjorie McCredie in 1942, with whom he had three sons. Tipping's third son, Peter, had intellectual and physical disabilities and died at the age of 14.
Tipping served in the Pacific Theatre with the Australian Imperial Force and the Royal Australian Air Force from 1942–1945, including as a journalist for the service magazine Wings.
Tipping returned from military service to the Herald in 1945, becoming chief of staff in 1950. He was awarded a Nieman Fellowship in journalism at Harvard University, setting the scene for him to be an Australian correspondent for Time magazine and the New York Times upon his return to Australia in 1952.
Tipping's Herald column, "In Black and White", was high-profile, and garnered him the nickname "Mr Melbourne". He was a friend and confidant of many well-known Victorians, including Zelman Cowen (later Governor General Sir Zelman), architect Robin Boyd, television producer Hector Crawford and psychiatrist Dr Eric Cunningham Dax.
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