Keith Murdoch

The War Correspondent Who Founded an Empire

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  • Fifty
  • years
  • after
  • Keith
  • Murdoch's
  • death,
  • his
  • career
  • and
  • influence
  • remain
  • the
  • measure
  • of
  • the
  • man.
  • Founder
  • of
  • the
  • Murdoch
  • media
  • empire,
  • Keith
  • Murdoch
  • came
  • from
  • humble
  • beginnings
  • as
  • the
  • son
  • of
  • a
  • Scottish
  • minister.
  • He
  • began
  • his
  • journalistic
  • career
  • on
  • a
  • Melbourne
  • paper
  • and
  • first
  • made
  • a
  • name
  • for
  • himself
  • when
  • he
  • was
  • responsible
  • for
  • reporting
  • on
  • the
  • withdrawal
  • of
  • troops
  • from
  • Gallipoli,
  • after
  • reporting
  • the
  • dreadful
  • conditions
  • and
  • failure
  • of
  • the
  • operation.
  • A
  • dedicated
  • journalist,
  • brilliant
  • editor
  • and
  • a
  • remarkable
  • entrepreneur,
  • Keith
  • Murdoch
  • was
  • also
  • passionate
  • in
  • his
  • support
  • for
  • libraries
  • and
  • the
  • visual
  • arts.this
  • portrait
  • of
  • Keith
  • Murdoch
  • is
  • based
  • on
  • impeccable
  • research,
  • and
  • highlights
  • the
  • remarkable
  • extent
  • of
  • Murdoch's
  • influence,
  • revealing
  • the
  • true
  • face
  • of
  • the
  • man
  • behind
  • the empire.
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