George Blaikie

George Neil Blaikie (1915 – 12 October 1995)^[1] was an Australian author and journalist.

He was born in Sydney and educated at Sydney Grammar School and Melbourne University. He joined Smith's Weekly in December 1931. His bank manager father had impressed on its owner Joynton Smith, a customer, what an asset the boy would be. He was still with the paper in October 1950 when it closed.^[2] He later worked for the Courier Mail. His series Our Strange Past began in 1952 and was syndicated across Australia^[3]. It ran for 34 years as feature in The Australian. He also ran a feature "Great Women of History" in the Australian Women's Weekly in 1982.^[4]

References

^ Death notice in the Sydney Morning Herald, 14 October 1995
^ Blaikie, George Remember Smith's Weekly? Angus & Robertson Ltd, London 1967
^ "Beginning a new series: Our Strange Past (1)" (Perth) Western Mail 4 September 1952 p.6
^ "Mata Hari - Exotic Dancer Turned Super-Spy" 11 August 1982 p.77

Bibliography

Scandals of Australia's Strange Past Rigby Ltd, Adelaide 1963
Skeletons From Australia's Strange Past Rigby Ltd, Adelaide 1964
Remember Smith's Weekly? Angus & Robertson Ltd, London 1967
Great Australian Scandals Rigby Ltd Adelaide 1979 ISBN 0727010085
Wild Women of Sydney Rigby Ltd, Adelaide 1980 ISBN 0727013947
Scandals Strange But True - Fascinating stories from Australia's incredible past, John Fairfax Marketing, Sydney, 1984 ISBN 0-909558-52-3
Great Women of History John Fairfax Marketing 1984? ISBN 0909558841

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Name	Blaikie, George
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Short description	Australian author and journalist
Date of birth	1915
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Date of death	12 October 1995
Place of death