1993, 26 Minutes

Australian Biography Series 2

Born in New Zealand in 1910, Elizabeth Riddell was recruited as a journalist straight from school. In 1939 she started work on The Sun newspaper, during World War Two she opened and ran the Daily Mirror's New York bureau, and in the 1960s, she became senior interviewer and critic for the arts pages of The Australian. Several books of her poetry have been published over the years.

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Frank Heimans, Sharon Connolly (Supervising Producer)

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Frank Heimans

Robin Hughes (Interviewer)

Level: Secondary, Tertiary, Lifelong Learning

Curriculum links include English, Gender Studies, Personal Development, Media Studies, Modern History and Studies of Society and Environment.

 Elizabeth Riddell Teachers Notes (Acrobat PDF Document, 129Kb)

SBS, 5/12/2001