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From the Nation archive
Essays & Reportage
The beard of the prophet
Tom Fitzgerald
30 October 2018
A visit to Thirroul and the man who remembers D.H. Lawrence
Essays & Reportage
Shaping the Herald: Sir Keith Murdoch seen through his confidential memoranda
Michael Cannon
29 June 2013
As managing editor of the Melbourne
Herald
, Keith Murdoch battled employers, sensation-mongering and overly large headlines in a remarkable series of notes to his senior…
Essays & Reportage
Directors of the Liberals
Don Whitington
4 October 2011
Fifty years ago Australia’s major parties had limited resources and few staff. But one party had an edge over the other, writes
Don Whitington
in this essay first…
Essays & Reportage
Enter the Australian
Ken Inglis
14 July 2009
On 15 July 1964, Rupert Murdoch published the first edition of a national daily. In this essay published in
Nation
later that month,
Ken Inglis
reviews the new paper