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Philippa Brandon
12 years ago

The Sunday Telegraph farewelled one of it's longest-serving former staff this week with the passing of journalist and cartoonist Robert Walsh. Rob worked at News Limited and The Sunday Telegraph for 27 years as deputy chief sub-editor. When he sold his first cartoon at the age of 16 to Wheels Magazine he felt he could "retire in triumph" , but went on to make readers laugh for almost 50 years. His cartoons ran in the Sunday Telegraph throughout 1970s and 80s, many under the banner "Walsh's Week" on the opinion pages. His work was also regularly published in the Melbourne Sun (now the Herald-Sun) and magazines including Pacific Islands Monthly, The Bulletin, and Australian Doctor. Rob was also an accomplished reporter, photographer and sub-editor who won a Walkley Award in 1961 for best headline. The father of three was passionate about his profession and spent several years guiding and training young journalists as the cadet counsellor at News Limited. His daughter Philippa followed him in to journalism working at The Daily Telegraph for 12 years and his sons Barnaby and Luke also worked with him as copy boys. Before journalism Rob's other adventures included undertaking National Service in the Airforce before moving to Papua New Guinea to work for Qantas as ground party leader, traffic offer and then as a purser. Rob died peacefully at Hornsby on Monday October 17. He is survived by his daughter Philippa, her husband David and their children Jonathan and Arabella, his sons Barnaby and Luke, and Luke's partner Rachael. He was 76.

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robert worsley
12 years ago

Rob and I had spent several years in Papua New Guinea, in different decades. He was very proud of his father, who, amongst other things, had been Chief Engineer on two Burns Philp Company ships. For posterity I record the following links with our history. When I lived in Port Moresby in the 1960s a feature of the harbour was the wreck of the SS Macdhui which had been bombed by Japanese aircraft during WW2---the mast of this ship today stands on the shore outside the Papua Yacht Club . In the late 1920s or early 1930s another Burns Philp ship, the SS Malabar, ran aground near Sydney's Little Bay, giving its name to that beach. By strange coincidence Rob's father was Chief Engineer on each of these ships. Vale Rob Walsh---a true and gentle man, and a good friend Bob Worsley

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