Victor Courtney
Victor Desmond Courtney (27 May 1894 – 1 December 1970) was a Western Australian journalist and newspaper editor. From small beginnings in a partnership (with Jack Simons) in a weekly sporting newspaper, "The Call", through to a Saturday-evening paper, "The Mirror", Courtney ended up as the managing director of The Sunday Times and owner of a network of thirty regional newspapers. reprinted in Grono, William (ed) (1988) "Margins : a West Coast selection of poetry, 1829-1988"Fremantle, W.A. Fremantle Arts Centre Press. . page 200.