Keith Dunstan

John Keith Dunstan OAM (3 ga Fabrairu 1925 - 11 ga Satumba 2013), wanda aka fi sani da Keith Dunstan, ɗan jarida ne kuma marubuci ɗan ƙasar Ostiraliya. Ya kasance marubuci mai hazaka kuma marubucin littattafai sama da 35.

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Dunstan a Gabashin Malvern, Victoria,  ɗan ɗan jarida kuma wanda ya karɓi kyautar Victoria Cross, William Dunstan, da matarsa Marjorie. Ya halarci Makarantar Grammar Melbourne da Makarantar Grammar Geelong kuma ya kasance laftanar jirgin sama a Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Royal Australian daga 1943 zuwa 1946, wanda ke aiki a Labuan a cikin Pacific.

 Aikin Jarida 
A shekarar 1946, Dunstan ya shiga jaridar The Herald da Weekly Times Ltd, masu buga jaridar The Sun News-Pictorial da The Herald (tun daga lokacin da aka haɗa shi da Herald Sun ). Ya kasance Wakilin Ƙasashen Waje na H&WT tare da mukamai a New York (1949–1952) da London (1952–1954). Wannan lokacin ya biyo bayan wani matsayi a jaridar The Courier-Mail, wanda ya rubuta wani shafi mai suna "Day by Day". Ya koma Melbourne kuma, daga 1958 zuwa 1978, ya ba da gudummawar wani shafi na yau da kullun, "A Place in the Sun" ga jaridar The Sun News-Pictorial, babbar jaridar da ke yawo a birnin. A cikin waɗannan shekarun shahararsa ta ƙaru, kuma ya zama cibiyar Melbourne. 

Daga shekarar 1962, ya yi rubutu akai-akai ga mujallar mako-mako ta The Bulletin da ke Sydney a ƙarƙashin sunan Batman (bayan wanda ya kafa Melbourne, John Batman )  da kuma mujallar tafiye-tafiye ta Walkabout. A cikin 1976 da 1977, ya kasance shugaban Melbourne Press Club, inda ya gaji Rohan Rivett .  Ya kasance Wakilin Yammacin Tekun Amurka (1979–1982) ga The Herald da Weekly Times. Daga baya, ya kasance mai rubuta labarai akai-akai kuma mai ba da gudummawa lokaci-lokaci ga jaridar The Age.

 Marubuci 
Ya buga littattafai huɗu kan halayen Australiya: Wowsers (1968), Knockers (1972), Sports (1973), da Ratbags (1979), da kuma rubuce-rubuce da yawa na tarihi kan batutuwa masu shahara tun daga giya, zuwa wasanni, zuwa sayar da kaya, har ma da wani bincike mai tsauri game da wani ɗan fashin teku ɗan ƙasar Australiya Ned Kelly, Saint Ned (1980). Ayyukansa na farko na tarihin wasanni na Australiya sun haɗa da The Paddock That Grew (1962) a filin wasan kurket na Melbourne, wanda yanzu ya ga bugu da sabuntawa da dama. Ya kuma rubuta tarihin rayuwarsa, No Brains at All (1990). Sauran wallafe-wallafen sun haɗa da The Melbourne I Remember (2004) da Moonee Ponds to Broadway (2006), wani bincike na ɗaya daga cikin abokansa kuma abokin aikinsa Melburnian, Barry Humphries mai barkwanci.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2013
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1925