Early Journalistic Writings, England, 1949-51

 
Component identifier:
Series 6
Content Summary:

On his return to England Harris commenced work as a broker at Lloyds of London. At the same time he began broadcasting and writing about Australia, particularly on the topic of northern development, using research notes he had collected whilst in the country. After leaving Lloyds he gained employment as a freelance reporter, writing for various papers, including The Express, The Listener, The Observer, Sport Country magazine, Overseas, a journal of the Over-Seas League, as well as recording talks for the BBC 'Topic For Tonight' segment. In 1949 he took up a position as a Fleet Street journalist on the Yorkshire Post and visited Germany as special correspondent to report on the postwar economy. In the next year he was employed for a short period by The Times as subeditor in the Special Supplements Department.

Photographs taken by Harris documenting German postwar reconstruction are filed in Series 24.

Immediate source of acquisition:
In December 1994 the National Library of Australia purchased the papers of Stewart Harris, for more than twenty years Foreign Correspondent in Australia for The Times newspaper.

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