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{{Short description|Australian journalist}}
{{For|the professor of economics|Lloyd J. Dumas}}
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'''Sir Frederick Lloyd Dumas''' (15 July 1891 – 24 June 1973), generally known as "Lloyd Dumas" or "F. Lloyd Dumas", was a journalist and politically influential newspaperman in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and [[South Australia]].
==Early history==
Dumas was born in [[Mount Barker, South Australia]], the fourth child and youngest of three sons of Amelia Dumas, née Paltridge, (died 1 November 1938) and [[Charles Dumas (newspaperman)|Charles
He was educated at Mount Barker and [[Victor Harbor, South Australia|Victor Harbor]] and in 1904 won a scholarship to the Teachers' College.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88382378 |title=Bursaries and Exhibitions |newspaper=[[
==Melbourne and London==
<!--After transferring to the Melbourne Argus, he became closely associated with the Prime Minister, Billy Hughes, first in the conscription campaign and later as his press secretary at the Imperial Conference in England in 1918. During the 1920s he was chief of staff of the Argus; editor of the Sun News-Pictorial in Melbourne; and London manager and editor of the Australian Newspapers Cable Service.-->
Around 1915 he accepted a position on the literary staff of
He returned to the ''Argus'' after the war. Around 1922 the ''Melbourne Sun'' and ''[[The Sun News-Pictorial|Sun News-Pictorial]]'' had been founded by the publishers of the Sydney ''[[The Sun (Sydney)|Sun]]
In 1927 he was sent to London to manage the [[Australian Newspapers Cable Service]].<ref name=retirement/>
==Return to South Australia==
He returned to Adelaide in 1929 to take up the position of Managing Editor with ''[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90050273 |title=Personal |newspaper=[[
▲He returned to Adelaide in 1929 to take up the position of Managing Editor with ''[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90050273 |title=Personal |newspaper=[[Chronicle |Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954)]] |location=Adelaide, SA |date=1 August 1929 |accessdate=28 December 2014 |page=46 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> which a consortium led by [[Keith Murdoch]] had just taken over. He was appointed to the board in 1931, became managing director from 1938 to 1961 and chairman from 1942 to 1967.<ref name=retirement/>
Dumas was, with Murdoch's blessing, pleased to be seen as a partisan editor, and throughout the [[Great Depression|Depression]] supported those he deemed as offering "sound government". He supported [[Lionel Hill]] as the Labor Premier, and continued to support him when he adopted the austerity measures of the "Premiers' Plan" in August 1931, through his sacking from the Labor Party and formation of a minority government with the support of Liberals, his resignation and finally his controversial appointment as Agent-General in London.
With the advent of (later Sir) [[Thomas Playford IV|Thomas Playford]] as Liberal Premier, Dumas found a leader whom he could whole-heartedly support. Playford had ambitious plans to encourage multi-national companies to establish manufacturing bases in the State, and immediately after World War II, with the support of ''The Advertiser'' and an electoral system biased towards country voters, immediately set about implementing his plans, which involved nationalizing and upgrading the Adelaide Electric Supply Company and the various regional electricity providers as the [[Electricity Trust of South Australia]] (ETSA) and establishing the Housing Trust to provide austere but economical housing for workers with families, and courting major overseas companies such as [[General Motors]] and [[Philips|Philips Lighting and Electrical]] to establish manufacturing bases in South Australia, as well as encouraging established local companies such as [[BHP]], [[Pope Products]], [[Perry Engineering]], [[Clipsal]], Simpsons, SABCO and Actil to expand,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43506995 |title=Expansion of S.A. Industries |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |location=Adelaide |date=18 August 1945 |accessdate=3 January 2015 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
</ref> resulting in a vibrant manufacturing sector, later decried as a "rust-bucket economy" and now largely dismantled.
==Other interests==
Dumas was fond of good food and wine, to the detriment of his waistline, and was a gracious host. In 1930 Dumas was admitted as a member to the [[Adelaide Club]].<ref name=adb/>
==Recognition==▼
Dumas was knighted in 1946, "in recognition of service to the Public service in South Australia".<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1083453 Australian Honours]</ref>
A [http://www.portrait.gov.au/portraits/1999.43/sir-lloyd-dumas portrait] by [[Ivor Hele|Sir Ivor Hele]] was donated by his descendants to the [[National Portrait Gallery (Australia)|National Portrait Gallery]] in 1999.▼
The Sir Lloyd Dumas Gallery of the [[Art Gallery of South Australia]] was named for him.
▲Dumas was a foundation director (1938-67) of Australian Newsprint Mills Pty Ltd at Boyer, Tasmania, a board-member (1946-67) of the Herald and Weekly Times Ltd and chairman of directors (1950-53) of Reuters News Agency, London. He was also a governor of the National Gallery of South Australia from 1945 and chairman of its board in 1955-63; an extension to the main building has been named the Sir Lloyd Dumas Gallery. In addition, he sat on the board of directors of Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd in 1941-67 and was a governor (1942-67) of the Wyatt Benevolent Institution which gave financial support to people 'above the labouring class' who were in reduced circumstances.
▲==Recognition==
▲A [http://www.portrait.gov.au/portraits/1999.43/sir-lloyd-dumas portrait] by [[Ivor Hele|Sir Ivor Hele]] was donated by his descendants to the [[National Portrait Gallery (Australia)|National Portrait Gallery]] in 1999.
==Family==
Dumas married Daisy Hall on 23 November 1915. They had three daughters:
<!-- son 18 March 1919 when they were living at 17, Parade, Norwood -->
*Josephine "Jo" Dumas, born 19 October 1916 in Hawthorn, Victoria; married Howard De Pledge Sykes in 1939.
*Rosslyn Dumas, born 14 October 1920 at Canterbury, Victoria
*Vivienne Lloyd Dumas, born 22 January 1927 at Camberwell, Victoria. Vivienne married Thomson Hilton Leys, in 1948. She moved to New Zealand and had 5 children. Four sons - Stephen, Mark, Simon and Andrew, and a daughter Phillipa.
==Bibliography==
{{Citation | author1=Dumas, Lloyd Sir | title=The story of a full life | publication-date=1969 | publisher=Sun Books | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21220492 | accessdate=3 January 2015}}
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