Mungo Ballardie MacCallum

John Mungo Ballardie MacCallum (commonly known as Mungo Ballardie MacCallum, 11 December 1913 – 12 July 1999) was an Australian journalist, broadcaster and poet.[1]

Mungo Ballardie MacCallum
Born
John Mungo Ballardie MacCallum

(1913-12-11)11 December 1913
Point Piper, Sydney, Australia
Died12 July 1999(1999-07-12) (aged 85)
Sydney, Australia
Spouse(s)Diana Wentworth (m. 1939)
Polly MacCallum (m. 1972)
ChildrenMungo Wentworth MacCallum
Parent(s)Mungo Lorenz MacCallum (father)
RelativesMungo William MacCallum (grandfather)

Early life

MacCallum was born in Point Piper, Sydney on 11 December 1913. His father was Mungo Lorenz MacCallum, a Rhodes Scholar and the son of Mungo William MacCallum, Chancellor of the University of Sydney. He attended the Sydney Grammar School and studied Arts at the University of Sydney.[2]

Career

MacCallum started working for the ABC in 1952, and, after a stint at the BBC, helped produce the first night of television in Australia in 1956.[3] His books included two novels, Voyage of Love, and Son of Mars, and an autobiography, Plankton's Luck.[4] Later, in the 1960s, he wrote for a journal named Nation.[5] He had a son with Diana Wentworth, Mungo Wentworth MacCallum.

Death

MacCallum died in Sydney on 12 July 1999.

References
  1. "MacCallum, Mungo (Mungo Ballardie), 1913-1999". State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  2. "Mungo Ballardie MacCallum". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  3. "Mungo MacCallum". Australian Biography. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  4. Arnold, John; Hay, John A., eds. (2001). The Bibliography of Australian Literature: K–O. University of Queensland Press. p. 250.
  5. "Mungo Ballardie MacCullum [sic]". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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