Victor Courtney

Victor Desmond Courtney
Born	27 May 1894 Raymond Terrace, New South Wales
Died	1 December 1970 Mount Lawley, Western Australia
Occupation	Journalist, author, and newspaper proprietor.
Spouse(s)	Thela Pearl Richards (m. 1937) (d.1962)
Children	1 (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. From small beginnings in a partnership (with Jack Simons) in a weekly sporting newspaper, The Call, through to a Saturday-evening paper, The Mirror, Courtney ended up as the managing director of The Sunday Times and owner of a network of thirty regional newspapers.

reprinted in Grono, William (ed) (1988) Margins : a West Coast selection of poetry, 1829-1988Fremantle, W.A. Fremantle Arts Centre Press. . page 200.

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