Early Journalistic Writings, Australia, 1951-56

 
Component identifier:
Series 7
Content Summary:

In 1951 Harris was invited by Sir Keith Murdoch to come to Australia to write editorials and feature articles for The Herald group of newspapers. He reported on events in the United States for two months on the way to Sydney, before becoming leader writer for The Courier Mail where he wrote on the introduction of Santa Gertrudis cattle to Australia. He corresponded with Robert Kleberg, the developer of the breed and reported on his property, King Ranch, in Texas. After eighteen months Harris transferred to work as a special writer for the Sydney Morning Herald touring the Australian continent. During this period Harris also continued to contribute occasional pieces to The Times in London.

Before his return to England in 1953, Harris acted for one term as a resident master at Cranbrook School in Sydney. The last leg of his journey was completed overland from Colombo to Teheran, via Ceylon, India, Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, including the militarised Caspian Sea zone about which Harris wrote for The Age in 1956.

Additional photographs depicting Santa Gertrudis cattle at both King Ranch, Texas and King Ranch, Queensland 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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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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