Ray Beckett

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Ray Beckett (Born 1903) was an Australian journalist, newspaper editor and author.

Before becoming a journalist he worked as a rouseabout in South Australia. His first position as a journalist was working for the Adelaide Advertiser where he was paid one penny per line of copy. Other positions he has held include: chief sub-editor at the Sydney Telegraph, Assistant Editor of the Sunday Telegraph and the Sun-Herald and editor of the Sunday Mirror.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Hangman – The Life and Times of Alexander Green, Public Executioner to the Colony of New South Wales, Ray and Richard Beckett, Thomas Nelson Australia, Melbourne, 1980 ISBN 0-17-005261-3
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