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Murdoch, Sir Keith Arthur (1885–1952)

	Murdoch, Sir Keith Arthur (1885–1952)
Born	12 August, 1885 West Melbourne, Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
Died	5 October, 1952 (aged 67) Langwarrin , Victoria , Australia
Cultural Heritage	Scottish
Religious Influence	Presbyterian
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Education*	Camberwell State School (Melbourne) (student, 1891-1897) Camberwell Grammar School (Melbourne) (student, 1901-1903)
Occupation*	journalist (1904-1915) Victoria, Australia newspaper editor (1914-1915) Victoria, Australia journalist (1915-1921) Overseas war correspondent (1915-1918) Overseas pro-conscriptionist (1917-1918) Overseas art collector (1921-1952) Victoria, Australia newspaper editor (1921-1928) Victoria, Australia newspaper owner (1926-1952) Victoria, Australia radio station owner (1935-1952) Victoria, Australia grazier (unspecified) (1938-1952) New South Wales, Australia public service head (1940-1940) Federal, Australia
Military Service*	World War I (war correspondent) Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16 (war correspondent)
Awards	Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1933)
Key Events*	Paris Peace Conference, 1919 (war journalist) Royal Tour, 1920 (Times correspondent)
Legacies*	Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship
Key Organisations*	Reuters Ltd (trustee, ?-1952) Australian Journalists' Association (Vic) (founding member, 1910) West Australian Newspapers Ltd (co-owner, 1926) Advertiser Newspapers Ltd (chairman, 1929) National Gallery of Victoria (trustee, 1933-1952) Queensland Newspapers Ltd (co-owner, 1933) Australian Newsprint Mills Ltd (chairman, 1938-1949) National Gallery of Victoria (president, 1939) Australian American Association (Vic) (founding president, 1940-1946)
Political Activism*	pro-conscriptionist (war correspondent)
Properties*	Boorooma (NSW) (owner) Wantabadgery (NSW) (owner, 1938-1952) Booroomba (NSW) (owner, 1948-1952)
Workplaces*	Herald and Weekly Times Ltd (chairman, ?-1952) Age (Melbourne) newspaper (journalist, 1904-1912) Sun (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1912-1921) Herald (Melbourne) newspaper (chief editor, 1921-1928) Herald and Weekly Times Ltd (director, 1926) Herald and Weekly Times Ltd (managing director, 1928-1942) Australian Associated Press (founding chairman, 1935-1940) Herald and Weekly Times Ltd (chairman, 1942-1952)

* Dates are approximate