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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]]. |
'''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]]. |
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==Early history== |
==Early history== |
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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 |
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 Dumas]] (1851–1935), who founded the [[The Courier (Mount Barker)|Mount Barker ''Courier'']]. A grandmother was a sister of Mount Barker pioneer [[John Dunn (miller)|John Dunn]] and his grandfather, Victor Dumas, ran a highly praised private school in Mount Barker. There is no confirmed connection with the [[Alexandre Dumas|French literary family]]. |
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He was educated at Mount Barker and 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=[[ |
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=[[The Chronicle (Adelaide)|The Chronicle]] |location=Adelaide |date=31 December 1904 |accessdate=28 December 2014 |page=38 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He quit his studies in late 1906 or early 1907 to work for the Adelaide ''[[Advertiser (Adelaide)|Advertiser]]''<ref name=retirement>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107030863 |title=Sir Lloyd Dumas to retire. |newspaper=[[Canberra Times]] |date=9 March 1967 |accessdate=29 December 2014 |page=39 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and in mid-1910 helped out as interim [[Murray Bridge, South Australia|Murray Bridge]] correspondent for his father's newspaper.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147739504 |title=A Popular Journalist |newspaper=[[The Courier (Mount Barker)|The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser]] |location=SA |date=10 June 1910 |accessdate=28 December 2014 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 1911 he was one of the founders of the South Australian branch of the [[Australian Journalists' Association]].<ref name=adb>S. Cockburn, [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dumas-sir-frederick-lloyd-10058/text17741 'Dumas, Sir Frederick Lloyd (1891–1973)'], ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 29 December 2014</ref> In 1914 he left for Victoria.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59364840 |title=Personalities of the Week |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)|The Mail]] |location=Adelaide |date=12 December 1914 |accessdate=28 December 2014 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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==Melbourne and London== |
==Melbourne and London== |
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<!--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.--> |
<!--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.--> |
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Around 1915 he accepted a position on the literary staff of |
Around 1915 he accepted a position on the literary staff of ''[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]]'', and worked as a Federal roundsman.{{what|date=July 2023}} He publicly supported the pro-conscription stance of Prime Minister [[Billy Hughes]] and was chosen by Hughes to manage the "pro" campaign for the [[Australian plebiscite, 1917|second conscription referendum]].<ref name=retirement/> In 1918 Dumas accompanied him and Minister for the Navy [[Joseph Cook]] to the Imperial Conference in England.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147706184 |title=Personal |newspaper=The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser |location=SA |date=26 April 1918 |accessdate=28 December 2014 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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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 Sydney Sun |
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]]''to break into the Melbourne market. The daily newspaper failed, with a loss of between £120,000 and £150,000 in the first few years, but the ''Sun News-Pictorial'' was quite successful, and was purchased by the ''[[Herald & Weekly Times]]'' in 1925.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110086530 |title=Here and There |newspaper=[[Taralga Echo]] |location=NSW |date=2 May 1925 |accessdate=1 January 2015 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Dumas was hired to oversee the transition and has been credited with the paper's subsequent success. |
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In 1927 he was sent to London to manage the [[Australian Newspapers Cable Service]].<ref name=retirement/> |
In 1927 he was sent to London to manage the [[Australian Newspapers Cable Service]].<ref name=retirement/> |
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==Return to South Australia== |
==Return to South Australia== |
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| ⚫ | 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=[[The Chronicle (Adelaide)|The Chronicle]] |location=Adelaide |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/> |
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<!-- For the rest of his career he was associated with the Advertiser, holding the position of Chairman of Advertiser Newspapers Limited from 1942 to 1967, during which period this painting hung in the Advertiser boardroom. Dumas was a director of numerous companies and boards, including that of National Gallery of South Australia.--> |
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| ⚫ | 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=[[ |
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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. |
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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}} |
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</ref> resulting in a vibrant manufacturing sector, later decried as a "rust-bucket economy" and now largely dismantled. |
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==Other interests== |
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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/> |
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| ⚫ | He was a director of Australian Newsprint Mills Pty Ltd., a board-member of [[The Herald and Weekly Times|Herald and Weekly Times Ltd]] and chairman of directors of Reuters News Agency. He was on the board of the [[Art Gallery of South Australia|National Gallery of South Australia]] and chairman from 1955 to 1963. In addition, he sat on the board of directors of [[Elders Limited|Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd]] from 1941 to 1967. |
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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> |
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Lloyd was educated at public schools in Adelaide and Victor Harbor. He and his eldest brother (Sir) Russell were among the top state scholarship schoolboys of their day. Leaving Teachers' Training College at 15, Lloyd began a cadetship on Adelaide's morning newspaper, the Advertiser. In 1911 he was one of the founders of the State branch of the Australian Journalists' Association. After achieving recognition as a sports and parliamentary reporter, he joined the Melbourne Argus in 1915 and rapidly rose to be its Federal political roundsman. On 23 November 1915 at St Oswald's Anglican Church, Parkside, Adelaide, he married a stenographer Daisy Minna Hall (d.1962), daughter of a bank-manager and great-granddaughter of Edward Smith Hall. |
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The Sir Lloyd Dumas Gallery of the [[Art Gallery of South Australia]] was named for him. |
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During the second conscription campaign (1917) Prime Minister W. M. Hughes invited Dumas to join his staff. Next year he accompanied Hughes to the Imperial Conference in London. In 1919 Dumas rejoined the Argus and in 1921 became its youngest ever chief of staff. Three years later he was appointed editor of the Sun News-Pictorial. In 1927-29 he worked in Fleet Street, London, as editor and manager of the Sydney Sun's and Melbourne Herald's United Cable Service. By this time he had attracted the admiration and friendship of many of the newspaper industry's leaders throughout Australia, not so much for his literary gifts as for his administrative talents, energy, clear mind, reporting flair and news sense, and for his capacity as a mediator. |
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In 1929 a syndicate headed by (Sir) Keith Murdoch, managing director of the Melbourne Herald, acquired the Advertiser for £1,387,000 and invited Dumas to be its managing editor. The paper's issued capital was £475,000, its circulation 85,000, and it had three hundred employees. When Dumas retired as chairman of Advertiser Newspapers Ltd in 1967, the issued capital had risen to £12 million, circulation to 208,000 and the staff totalled 1500. From the outset, he was widely regarded as a shrewd but decent man, sensitive to the feelings of others, anxious to be a good employer and equally anxious to run a newspaper which supported 'sound' government and which would be recognized as giving genuine public service to the community. With the paper's major owners and shareholders in Melbourne, Dumas' power was considerable, and he was soon handling it comfortably and confidently, with little interference from his Melbourne principals. In 1930 he joined the Adelaide Club. Although the Depression coincided with Dumas taking the managing editorship, he was fortunate in the political and social circumstances in which his career prospered. |
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With Murdoch's agreement, he at first swung the Advertiser behind Lionel Hill's government and continued to back Hill and his followers after their expulsion (August 1931) from the Australian Labor Party for implementing the Premiers' Plan. The paper's support, coupled with that of prominent Liberals, enabled Hill's Parliamentary Labor Party minority government to survive. Dumas justified his actions by the need to rescue the State from the Depression. In 1932 he arranged key meetings in Adelaide and interstate, designed to form a National Party by uniting the P.L.P. with the Liberal Federation. Led by (Sir) Richard Layton Butler, the Liberals refused to co-operate. They united with the Country Party and won the election in April 1933. Dumas and Murdoch promoted Hill's appointment as agent-general in London and gave him financial help each year until his death. |
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In November 1938 (Sir) Thomas Playford came to office as leader of the Liberal and Country League government. He and Dumas met privately soon afterwards. The premier outlined his plans to industrialize South Australia and to restore prosperity: the Depression had battered the State, with unemployment peaking at over 30 per cent of all trade unionists. Dumas believed that, if Playford were successful, the entire community would benefit and population would increase, lifting the circulation of the Advertiser which then enjoyed a metropolitan morning monopoly. He promised Playford that the paper would back his policies vigorously. |
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World War II stabilized and unified South Australia. When the war ended a malapportioned electoral system—coupled with Playford's intelligent leadership—gave premier and editor the opportunities they needed. A weak Labor Opposition attacked what it saw as an unholy alliance between Playford and the State's dominant news medium. They dubbed the paper 'the L.C.L. House Journal'. Although neither Playford nor Dumas was a rigid conservative, 'sound government' did not, in the eyes of either, embrace the ideal of a modern welfare state. Their common priorities were the needs of business and industry. During what was to be a record term of nearly twenty-seven years, successive Playford governments were vulnerable to charges that they starved hospitals, schools, libraries and other social services of appropriate funding. |
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The two men never became close friends, but Dumas used his newspaper to praise Playford's initiatives, with little challenge or dissent, especially during elections. The Advertiser upheld the traditional structures of the day—the government, the courts, the police, the churches, the family, and the Returned Services League of Australia. Both men saw the proper place of women as in the home, or in giving voluntary service to good causes. A mocking profile of the Advertiser came from the pen of the jurist and poet, Dr John Bray, in the Current Affairs Bulletin (May 1965): 'It reflects in so many ways the tone of South Australian life. A comparison with one of the great dailies of the eastern States is instructive. The Advertiser is more restrained; the editorials are heavier, the headlines less exciting; the social columns more extensive; the preference to and the reverence for the local institutions and the local dignitaries more prominent. Those parts of it which are addressed to a popular audience are less vulgar; and those parts of it which are addressed to a quasi-intellectual or quasi-aesthetic audience more inadequate. There lingers about it still the aura of the nineteenth century provincial organ, the note of ponderous respectability, but also of ponderous responsibility'. |
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The power, influence and goodwill of Dumas and his newspaper were prime factors in helping the Playford government to retain office for so long. Under their joint benevolent despotism, however, South Australia was transformed from its mendicant status during the Depression. The population almost doubled, from 600,000 to more than one million; general prosperity increased dramatically; and unemployment was virtually eliminated. Meanwhile the State remained almost free from public scandal and corruption. The Dumas era at the Advertiser also saw the advent of commercial radio and television. The newspaper established radio 5AD and several rural subsidiaries, as well as the television station ADS-7 (1959); the small job-printing office at the Advertiser developed into the Griffin Press, one of Australia's largest printing-houses. |
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In his autobiography, The Story of a Full Life (Melbourne, 1969), Dumas wrote in a surprisingly folksy and unsophisticated style. He reviewed his experiences on the national and world stages, including a three-month visit to overseas war zones in 1943 as leader of a party of Australian editors who reported to Prime Minister John Curtin on the British war effort. They interviewed General Douglas MacArthur, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (Sir) Winston Churchill, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The book artlessly revealed his immense pride in his many achievements: helping to resolve the 'bodyline' crisis in Test cricket between England and Australia in the 1930s; his mediation between Playford and the Adelaide Electric Supply Co. which Playford nationalized in 1946, the year in which Dumas was knighted; and his crucial role in establishing, and securing financial backing for, the first Adelaide Festival of Arts in 1960. He ended his book with the words, 'I must sign myself ''The Luckiest Man in the World"'. |
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Although Dumas had been obliged to resign from the A.J.A. when he became chief of staff of the Argus, he never treated his employees as ruthlessly as did some other Australian newspaper managers. Arbitration awards provided for most employees to receive their full salaries for up to three months when ill, but the Advertiser overlooked these limits and, in some cases, carried sick workers of all ranks and status on full pay for six months. On his retirement, the A.J.A. gave a dinner in his honour and readmitted him to life membership. The State president recognized that Sir Lloyd had 'always been a journalist at heart and an unwavering friend of the AJA'. These sentiments lent point to a comment by (Sir) Robert Menzies in 1952: 'Dumas is one of the least bloody-minded of his breed'. |
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Sir Lloyd was a lover of good food and fine wine, and a genial host; during the latter part of his life he failed to control his weight. He had been raised as an Anglican, but was not a regular churchgoer. Yet, he defended those who were: 'those who have faith draw comfort and encouragement and hope from their religion, whether it be Christianity, Mohammedanism, Buddhism, or some other, and academics should respect that faith and not sneer at it'. Survived by his three daughters, he died on 24 June 1973 at Calvary Hospital, North Adelaide, and was cremated. His estate was sworn for probate at $223,332. |
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==Family== |
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Dumas married Daisy Hall on 23 November 1915. They had three daughters: |
Dumas married Daisy Hall on 23 November 1915. They had three daughters: |
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*Josephine "Jo" born 19 October 1916 in Hawthorn, Victoria; married Howard De Pledge Sykes in 1939. |
*Josephine "Jo" Dumas, born 19 October 1916 in Hawthorn, Victoria; married Howard De Pledge Sykes in 1939. |
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*Rosslyn born 14 October 1920 at Canterbury, Victoria |
*Rosslyn Dumas, born 14 October 1920 at Canterbury, Victoria |
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*Vivienne Lloyd born 22 January 1927 at Camberwell, 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. |
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==Bibliography== |
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{{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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==Sources== |
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*[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dumas-sir-frederick-lloyd-10058/text17741 S. Cockburn, ''Dumas, Sir Frederick Lloyd (1891–1973)''], Australian Dictionary of Biography |
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| NAME = Dumas, Frederick Lloyd |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian journalist |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 15 July 1891 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = Mount Barker, South Australia |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 24 June 1973 |
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| PLACE OF DEATH = North Adelaide, South Australia |
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Latest revision as of 11:12, 14 March 2024
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 and South Australia.
Early history
[edit]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 (1851–1935), who founded the Mount Barker Courier. A grandmother was a sister of Mount Barker pioneer John Dunn and his grandfather, Victor Dumas, ran a highly praised private school in Mount Barker. There is no confirmed connection with the French literary family.
He was educated at Mount Barker and Victor Harbor and in 1904 won a scholarship to the Teachers' College.[1] He quit his studies in late 1906 or early 1907 to work for the Adelaide Advertiser[2] and in mid-1910 helped out as interim Murray Bridge correspondent for his father's newspaper.[3] In 1911 he was one of the founders of the South Australian branch of the Australian Journalists' Association.[4] In 1914 he left for Victoria.[5]
Melbourne and London
[edit]Around 1915 he accepted a position on the literary staff of The Argus, and worked as a Federal roundsman.[clarification needed] He publicly supported the pro-conscription stance of Prime Minister Billy Hughes and was chosen by Hughes to manage the "pro" campaign for the second conscription referendum.[2] In 1918 Dumas accompanied him and Minister for the Navy Joseph Cook to the Imperial Conference in England.[6]
He returned to the Argus after the war. Around 1922 the Melbourne Sun and Sun News-Pictorial had been founded by the publishers of the Sydney Sunto break into the Melbourne market. The daily newspaper failed, with a loss of between £120,000 and £150,000 in the first few years, but the Sun News-Pictorial was quite successful, and was purchased by the Herald & Weekly Times in 1925.[7] Dumas was hired to oversee the transition and has been credited with the paper's subsequent success.
In 1927 he was sent to London to manage the Australian Newspapers Cable Service.[2]
Return to South Australia
[edit]He returned to Adelaide in 1929 to take up the position of Managing Editor with The Advertiser,[8] 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.[2]
Dumas was, with Murdoch's blessing, pleased to be seen as a partisan editor, and throughout the 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 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 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,[9] resulting in a vibrant manufacturing sector, later decried as a "rust-bucket economy" and now largely dismantled.
Other interests
[edit]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.[4]
He was a director of Australian Newsprint Mills Pty Ltd., a board-member of Herald and Weekly Times Ltd and chairman of directors of Reuters News Agency. He was on the board of the National Gallery of South Australia and chairman from 1955 to 1963. In addition, he sat on the board of directors of Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd from 1941 to 1967.
Recognition
[edit]Dumas was knighted in 1946, "in recognition of service to the Public service in South Australia".[10]
A portrait by Sir Ivor Hele was donated by his descendants to the National Portrait Gallery in 1999.
The Sir Lloyd Dumas Gallery of the Art Gallery of South Australia was named for him.
Family
[edit]Dumas married Daisy Hall on 23 November 1915. They had three daughters:
- 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
[edit]Dumas, Lloyd Sir (1969), The story of a full life, Sun Books, retrieved 3 January 2015
Sources
[edit]- S. Cockburn, Dumas, Sir Frederick Lloyd (1891–1973), Australian Dictionary of Biography
References
[edit]- ^ "Bursaries and Exhibitions". The Chronicle. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 31 December 1904. p. 38. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Sir Lloyd Dumas to retire". Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 9 March 1967. p. 39. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "A Popular Journalist". The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser. SA: National Library of Australia. 10 June 1910. p. 4. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ a b S. Cockburn, 'Dumas, Sir Frederick Lloyd (1891–1973)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 29 December 2014
- ^ "Personalities of the Week". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 12 December 1914. p. 9. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "Personal". The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser. SA: National Library of Australia. 26 April 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "Here and There". Taralga Echo. NSW: National Library of Australia. 2 May 1925. p. 1. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "Personal". The Chronicle. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 1 August 1929. p. 46. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "Expansion of S.A. Industries". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 18 August 1945. p. 9. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ Australian Honours
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