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==Early life==
==Early life==
Dunstan was born in [[Malvern East, Victoria|East Malvern]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]],<ref name="ABC" /> the son of journalist and [[Victoria Cross]] recipient, [[William Dunstan]], and his wife Marjorie. He attended [[Melbourne Grammar School]] and [[Geelong Grammar School]] and was a [[flight lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] from 1943 to 1946, stationed at [[Labuan]] in the Pacific.
Dunstan was born in [[Malvern East, Victoria|East Malvern]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]],<ref name="ABC" /> the son of journalist and a [[Victoria Cross]] recipient, [[William Dunstan]], and his wife Marjorie. He attended [[Melbourne Grammar School]] and [[Geelong Grammar School]] and was a [[flight lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] from 1943 to 1946, stationed at [[Labuan]] in the Pacific.


==Journalism==
==Journalism==
In 1946 Dunstan joined [[The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd]], publishers of ''[[The Sun News-Pictorial]]'' and ''[[The Herald (Australia)|The Herald]]'' (since merged as the ''[[Herald Sun]]''). He was Foreign Correspondent for the H&WT with posts in New York (1949–52) and London (1952–54). This period was followed by a position with ''[[The Courier-Mail]]'' for which he wrote a column "Day by Day". He returned to Melbourne and from 1958 to 1978 contributed a daily column, "A Place in the Sun" for ''The Sun News-Pictorial'', the city's largest circulating daily newspaper. During these years his popularity grew and he became a Melbourne institution.<ref name="ABC" />
In 1946, Dunstan joined [[The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd]], publishers of ''[[The Sun News-Pictorial]]'' and ''[[The Herald (Melbourne)|The Herald]]'' (since merged as the ''[[Herald Sun]]''). He was Foreign Correspondent for the H&WT with posts in New York (1949–1952) and London (1952–1954). This period was followed by a position with ''[[The Courier-Mail]]'', for which he wrote a column "Day by Day". He returned to Melbourne and, from 1958 to 1978, contributed a daily column, "A Place in the Sun" for ''The Sun News-Pictorial'', the city's largest circulating daily newspaper. During these years his popularity grew, and he became a Melbourne institution.<ref name="ABC" />


From 1962 he wrote regularly for the Sydney-based weekly magazine ''[[The Bulletin (Australian periodical)|The Bulletin]]'' under the pseudonym of Batman (after the city's controversial founder, [[John Batman]])<ref name="MPC" /> and for the travel magazine ''[[Walkabout magazine|Walkabout]]''. In 1976 and 1977 he was president of the [[Melbourne Press Club]], succeeding [[Rohan Rivett]].<ref>[http://www.melbournepressclub.com/about/history/chapter-two "Melbourne Press Club events"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725111033/http://www.melbournepressclub.com/about/history/chapter-two |date=25 July 2013 }}, ''Melbourne Press Club website''. Retrieved 12 October 2013.</ref> He was the United States West Coast Correspondent (1979–82) for the Herald and Weekly Times. Later, he was a regular columnist and occasional contributor to ''[[The Age]]'' newspaper.
From 1962, he wrote regularly for the Sydney-based weekly magazine ''[[The Bulletin (Australian periodical)|The Bulletin]]'' under the pseudonym of Batman (after the city's controversial founder, [[John Batman]])<ref name="MPC" /> and for the travel magazine ''[[Walkabout magazine|Walkabout]]''. In 1976 and 1977, he was president of the [[Melbourne Press Club]], succeeding [[Rohan Rivett]].<ref>[http://www.melbournepressclub.com/about/history/chapter-two "Melbourne Press Club events"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725111033/http://www.melbournepressclub.com/about/history/chapter-two |date=25 July 2013 }}, ''Melbourne Press Club website''. Retrieved 12 October 2013.</ref> He was the United States West Coast Correspondent (1979–1982) for ''[[The Herald and Weekly Times]]''. Later, he was a regular columnist and occasional contributor to ''[[The Age]]'' newspaper.


==Author==
==Author==
He published a quartet of books on Australian character: ''Wowsers'' (1968), ''Knockers'' (1972), ''Sports'' (1973) and ''Ratbags'' (1979) and many works of history on popular subjects ranging from wine to sport to retailing, and including an unfashionably critical study of the Australian outlaw [[Ned Kelly]], ''Saint Ned'' (1980). His pioneering works of Australian sports history included ''The Paddock That Grew'' (1962) on the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], which has now seen several editions and updates. He also wrote an autobiography, ''No Brains at All'' (1990). Other publications included ''The Melbourne I Remember'' (2004) and ''Moonee Ponds to Broadway'' (2006), a study of his friend and fellow Melburnian, the satirist [[Barry Humphries]].
He published a quartet of books on Australian character: ''Wowsers'' (1968), ''Knockers'' (1972), ''Sports'' (1973), and ''Ratbags'' (1979), and many works of history on popular subjects ranging from wine, to sport, to retailing, and including an unfashionably critical study of the Australian outlaw [[Ned Kelly]], ''Saint Ned'' (1980). His pioneering works of Australian sports history included ''The Paddock That Grew'' (1962) on the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], which has now seen several editions and updates. He also wrote an autobiography, ''No Brains at All'' (1990). Other publications included ''The Melbourne I Remember'' (2004) and ''Moonee Ponds to Broadway'' (2006), a study of one of his friends and a fellow Melburnian, the satirist [[Barry Humphries]].


==Other activities==
==Other activities==
In 1967 he became founding secretary of the [[Anti-Football League]], a tongue-in-cheek organisation that pokes fun at the [[Australian rules football]] obsession.
In 1967, he became founding secretary of the [[Anti-Football League]], a tongue-in-cheek organisation that pokes fun at the [[Australian rules football]] obsession.


An enthusiastic commuter and recreational cyclist, he was the first president of the ''Bicycle Institute of Victoria'' (now known as [[Bicycle Network]]) from its founding in 1974 to 1978. He was a [[bicycle touring]] enthusiast who with his wife Marie cycled across the United States in the 1970s and through China in the 1980s.<ref name="coabn">{{cite book|last1=Dunstan|first1=Keith|title=The Confessions of a Bicycle Nut|date=1999|publisher=Information Australia|location=Melbourne, Australia|isbn=1-86350-252-1|pages=219–221|edition=1st}}</ref>
An enthusiastic commuter and recreational cyclist, he was the first president of the ''Bicycle Institute of Victoria'' (now known as [[Bicycle Network]]) from its founding in 1974 to 1978. He was a [[bicycle touring]] enthusiast who with his wife Marie cycled across the United States in the 1970s and through China in the 1980s.<ref name="coabn">{{cite book|last1=Dunstan|first1=Keith|title=The Confessions of a Bicycle Nut|date=1999|publisher=Information Australia|location=Melbourne, Australia|isbn=1-86350-252-1|pages=219–221|edition=1st}}</ref>
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In the [[2002 Australia Day Honours]], Dunstan was awarded a [[Medal of the Order of Australia]] (OAM) "for service as a journalist and author, and to the community, particularly as a supporter of the [[Berry Street]] Babies Home".<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1132425 "Dunstan, John Keith"], ''It's an Honour Government website'', 26 January 2002. Retrieved 12 October 2013.</ref>
In the [[2002 Australia Day Honours]], Dunstan was awarded a [[Medal of the Order of Australia]] (OAM) "for service as a journalist and author, and to the community, particularly as a supporter of the [[Berry Street]] Babies Home".<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1132425 "Dunstan, John Keith"], ''It's an Honour Government website'', 26 January 2002. Retrieved 12 October 2013.</ref>


On 26 May 2009, he became Patron of the [[Prahran Mechanics' Institute]].<ref>[http://www.pmi.net.au/patron.htm "Our Patron"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012014104/http://www.pmi.net.au/patron.htm |date=12 October 2013 }}, ''Prahran Mechanics' Institute'', May 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2013.</ref>
On 26 May 2009, he became Patron of the [[PMI Victorian History Library Inc.|Prahran Mechanics' Institute]].<ref>[http://www.pmi.net.au/patron.htm "Our Patron"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012014104/http://www.pmi.net.au/patron.htm |date=12 October 2013 }}, ''Prahran Mechanics' Institute'', May 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2013.</ref>


On 11 October 2013, Dunstan was posthumously inducted into the [[Melbourne Press Club]]'s Victorian Media Hall of Fame. He was told of his forthcoming induction before his death.<ref name="MPC">[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/rupert-murdoch-keith-dunstan-hailed-as-pioneers-of-journalism/story-fni0fiyv-1226738609049 "Rupert Murdoch, Keith Dunstan hailed as pioneers of journalism"], ''Herald Sun'', 11 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.</ref>
On 11 October 2013, Dunstan was posthumously inducted into the [[Melbourne Press Club]]'s Victorian Media Hall of Fame. He was told of his forthcoming induction before his death.<ref name="MPC">[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/rupert-murdoch-keith-dunstan-hailed-as-pioneers-of-journalism/story-fni0fiyv-1226738609049 "Rupert Murdoch, Keith Dunstan hailed as pioneers of journalism"], ''Herald Sun'', 11 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.</ref>
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== Books ==
== Books ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* ''1853-2003, Victoria Police Australia : celebrating 150 years in the community'', foreword by Christine Nixon; introduction; editor, Marilyn Miller Melbourne : Victoria Police, 2003
|-
* ''A cricket dictionary''; illustrated by [[Jeff Hook]], c. 1983
!'''Year'''!!'''Title'''!!'''Publisher'''!!'''ISBN'''!!'''Notes'''
* ''A Day in the life of Australia : the complete collection of his Age column'', [compiled by] South Melbourne : Macmillan Australia, 1989
|-
* ''Above Australia : a salute to our cities'', photography by Leo Meier; text ... [et al.] by Meier, Leo, 1951- McMahons Point, N.S.W. : Weldons, 1985
|1962
* ''Batman in the Bulletin : the Melbourne I remember''; with a foreword by Barry Humphries; selected and edited by David Dunstan Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2004
|''The paddock that grew: the story of the Melbourne Cricket Club''
* ''Bowls - the lawn bowls dictionary''; illustrated by [[Jeff Hook]] South Melbourne : Sun Books, 1986
|[[Cassell (publisher)|Cassell]]
* ''Bundy : a centenary history'', <Bundaberg, Qld.> : Bundaberg Distilling Company Pty. Ltd., (1988)
|
* ''Collins : the story of Australia's premier street'', Judith Raphael Buckrich; with Keith Dunstan, Rohan Storey & Marc Strizic by Buckrich, Judith Raphael, 1950- Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing, c2005
|Research by Hugh Field
* ''Flag, the first 30 years : the growth and experiences of the hospitality industry in Australasia'', South Melbourne : Flag International, 1991
|-
* ''Footy, an Aussie rules dictionary''; illustrated by [[Jeff Hook]] Melbourne : Sun Books, 1983
|1966
* ''Gurney & Bluey & Curley : Alex Gurney and his greatest cartoons'', John Gurney with by Gurney, Alex, 1902-1955 South Melbourne : Macmillan Company of Australia, 1986
|''Supporting a column''
* ''Health and fitness : the dictionary''; illustrated by [[Jeff Hook]] South Melbourne : Sun Books, 1985
|[[Cassell (publisher)|Cassell]]
* ''Hook, line and sinker : the dictionary''; illustrated by [[Jeff Hook]] South Melbourne : Sun Books, 1986
|
* ''Informed sources : a history of the Melbourne Press Club 1971-2001'', [Melbourne] : Melbourne Press Club, 2001
|
* ''It's all up hill'', and Jeff Melbourne : Pegasus Books, 1979
|-
* ''Just Jeans : the story 1970-1995'', Kew, Vic. : Australian Scholarly Pub., 1995
|1968
* ''Kiwi : the Australian brand that brought a shine to the world : a history of the Kiwi Polish Company''; about this book, Hamish Ramsey; [foreword by] Geoffrey... Crows Nest NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2017
|''Wowsers; being an account of the prudery exhibited by certain outstanding men and women in such matters as drinking, smoking, prostitution, censorship and gambling''
* ''Knockers'', North Melbourne, Vic. : Cassell, 1972
|[[Cassell (publisher)|Cassell]]
* ''Make friends for Australia'', Melbourne : Australian Tourist Commission, [1979?]
|
* ''Moomba, the first 25 years'', Melbourne : Sun News-Pictorial and Melbourne Moomba Festival, 1979
|
* ''Moonee Ponds to Broadway'', [Melbourne, Vic.] : Australian Postal Corporation, 2006
|-
* ''My life with the demon'', Melbourne : Wilkinson Books, 1994
|1971
* ''No brains at all : an autobiography'', Ringwood, Vic. : Viking, 1990
|''The Australian uppercrust book''
* ''No brains on Tuesday : the collected wit & wisdom of Keith Dunstan'', Melbourne : Schwartz & Wilkinson, c1991
|[[Sun Books]]
* ''Not a bad drop - Brown Brothers'', Kew, Vic. : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 1999
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0725101326|0725101326]]
* ''Racing : the horse-racing dictionary''; illustrated by [[Jeff Hook]] Melbourne : Sun Books, 1985
|Edited by [[Geoffrey Dutton]] and Lee White
* ''Ratbags''; foreword by [[Barry Humphries]] Sydney : Golden Press, 1979
|-
* ''Saint Ned : the story of the near sanctification of an Australian outlaw'', Sydney : Methuen Australia, 1980
|1972
* ''Skiing, the skiing dictionary''; illustrated by [[Jeff Hook]] South Melbourne : Sun Books, 1987
|''Knockers''
* ''Sports'', with a foreword by Max Harris, Melbourne : Sun Books
|[[Cassell (publisher)|Cassell]]
* ''Supporting a column'' Melbourne, London, Cassell, 1966
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0304939218|0304939218]]
* ''Tennis : a tennis dictionary''; illustrated by [[Jeff Hook]] South Melbourne : Sun Books, 1984
|
* ''The amber nectar : a celebration of beer and brewing in Australia'', Ringwood, Vic. : Viking O'Neil, 1987
|-
* ''The Australian uppercrust book'', ... [and others]. Edited by Geoffrey Dutton and Lee White South Melbourne : Sun Books, 1971
|1973
* ''The confessions of a bicycle nut'', Melbourne : Information Australia, 1999
|''Sports''
* ''The paddock that grew : the story of the Melbourne Cricket Club''; research by Hugh Field London : Cassell, 1962
|[[Cassell (publisher)|Cassell]]
* ''The people's ground : the MCG'', Kew, Vic. : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2000
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/030429957X|030429957X]]
* ''The perfect cup : the story of coffee'', Keith Dunstan, Sue Fairlie-Cuninghame Balmain, N.S.W. : David Ell Press for Andronicus, 1989
|
* ''The store on the hill'', Melbourne : Macmillan, 1979
|-
* ''The tapestry story : celebrating 150 years of the Melbourne cricket ground'', written; illustrations by Robert Ingpen South Melbourne : Lothian Books, 2003
|1979
* ''Two old geezers tell you about bridge, the A-Z'', Keith Dunstan, Geoff Hook Melbourne : Wilkinson Publishing, 2011
|''It's all up hill''
* ''Wine, the wine dictionary''; illustrated by [[Jeff Hook]] Melbourne : Sun Books, 1985
|Pegasus Books
* ''Wowsers; being an account of the prudery exhibited by certain outstanding men and women in such matters as drinking, smoking, prostitution, censorship and gambling'', Melbourne : Cassell Australia, 1968
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0908131194|0908131194]]
|Joint author [[Jeff Hook]]
|-
|1979
|''Moomba, the first 25 years''
|[[Sun News-Pictorial]] and Melbourne [[Moomba Festival]]
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0959545301|0959545301]]
|
|-
|1979
|''Ratbags''
|Golden Press
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0855587849|0855587849]]
|Foreword by [[Barry Humphries]]
|-
|1979
|''The store on the hill''
|[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]
|
|
|-
|1979
|''Make friends for Australia and for Victoria''
|[[Australian Tourist Commission]]
|
|Booklet
|-
|1980
|''Saint Ned: the story of the near sanctification of an Australian outlaw''
|Methuen Australia
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0454001983|0454001983]]
|
|-
|1983
|''A cricket dictionary''
|[[Sun Books]]
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0725104325|0725104325]]
|Illustrated by [[Jeff Hook]]
|-
|1983
|''Footy, an Aussie rules dictionary''
|[[Sun Books]]
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/072510404X|072510404X]]
|Illustrated by [[Jeff Hook]]
|-
|1984
|''Tennis: a tennis dictionary''
|[[Sun Books]]
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0725104503|0725104503]]
|Illustrated by [[Jeff Hook]]
|-
|1985
|''Above Australia: a salute to our cities''
|Weldons
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0949708208|0949708208]]
|Author of text, photography by Leo Meier
|-
|1985
|''Health and fitness: the dictionary''
|[[Sun Books]]
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0725104880|0725104880]]
|Illustrated by [[Jeff Hook]]
|-
|1985
|''Racing: the horse-racing dictionary''
|[[Sun Books]]
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0725104635|0725104635]]
|Illustrated by [[Jeff Hook]]
|-
|1985
|''Wine, the wine dictionary''
|[[Sun Books]]
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0725104821|0725104821]]
|Illustrated by [[Jeff Hook]]
|-
|1986
|''Bowls - the lawn bowls dictionary''
|[[Sun Books]]
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0725105224|0725105224]]
|Illustrated by [[Jeff Hook]]
|-
|1986
|''Gurney & Bluey & Curley: Alex Gurney and his greatest cartoons''
|Macmillan Company of Australia
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0725105046|0725105046]]
|John Gurney with Keith Dunstan
|-
|1986
|''Hook, line and sinker: the dictionary''
|[[Sun Books]]
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0725105100|0725105100]]
|Illustrated by [[Jeff Hook]]
|-
|1987
|''Skiing, the skiing dictionary''
|[[Sun Books]]
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0725105399|0725105399]]
|
|-
|1987
|''The amber nectar: a celebration of beer and brewing in Australia''
|Viking O'Neil
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0670900443|0670900443]]
|
|-
|1988
|''Bundy: a centenary history''
|[[Bundaberg Rum|Bundaberg Distilling Company]]
|
|
|-
|1989
|''A day in the life of Australia: the complete collection of his Age column''
|Macmillan Co. of Australia
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0732901855|0732901855]]
|Compiler
|-
|1989
|''The perfect cup: the story of coffee''
|David Ell Press for Andronicus
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0731665880|0731665880]]
|With Sue Fairlie-Cuninghame
|-
|1990
|''No brains at all: an autobiography''
|[[Viking (publisher)|Viking]]
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0670832731|0670832731]]
|
|-
|1991
|''Flag, the first 30 years: the growth and experiences of the hospitality industry in Australasia''
|Flag International
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0646053779|0646053779]]
|
|-
|1991
|''No brains on Tuesday: the collected wit & wisdom of Keith Dunstan''
|Schwarts & Wilkinson
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/1863370676|1863370676]]
|
|-
|1994
|''My life with the demon''
|Wilkinson Books
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/186350186X|186350186X]]
|
|-
|1995
|''Just Jeans: the story 1970-1995''
|Australian Scholarly Publishing
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/1875606319|1875606319]]
|
|-
|1999
|''Not a bad drop: Brown Brothers''
|Australian Scholarly Publishing
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/1875606661|1875606661]]
|
|-
|1999
|''The confessions of a bicycle nut''
|Information Australia
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/1863502521|1863502521]]
|
|-
|2000
|''The people's ground: the MCG''
|Australian Scholarly Publishing
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/1875606785|1875606785]]
|
|-
|2001
|''Informed sources: a history of the Melbourne Press Club 1971-2001''
|[[Melbourne Press Club]]
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0957950306|0957950306]]
|
|-
|2003
|''1853-2003, Victoria Police Australia: celebrating 150 years in the community''
|[[Victoria Police]]
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0958171203|0958171203]]
|Writer of introduction
|-
|2003
|''The tapestry story: celebrating 150 years of the Melbourne cricket ground''
|[[Lothian Books]]
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0734406053|0734406053]]
|Biographies by Ken Williams and David Allen, with illustrations by [[Robert Ingpen]]
|-
|2004
|''Batman in the Bulletin: the Melbourne I remember''
|Australian Scholarly Publishing
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/1740970624|1740970624]]
|Foreword by [[Barry Humphries]], selected and edited by [[David Dunstan]]
|-
|2005
|''Collins: the story of Australia's premier street''
|Australian Scholarly Publishing
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/1740970578|1740970578]]
|By Judith Raphael Buckrich with Keith Dunstan, Rohan Storey & Marc Strizic
|-
|2006
|''Moonee Ponds to Broadway''
|[[Australian Postal Corporation]]
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/0642368244|0642368244]]
|
|-
|2011
|''Two old geezers tell you about bridge, the A-Z''
|Wilkinson Publishing
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/9781921804304|9781921804304]]
|With [[Jeff Hook]]
|-
|2017
|''Kiwi: the Australian brand that brought a shine to the world: a history of the Kiwi Polish Company''
|[[Allen & Unwin#Allen & Unwin in Australia|Allen & Unwin]]
|[[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/9781760297282|9781760297282]]
|Foreword by Geoffrey Blainey
Published posthumously
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/by/keith-dunstan Keith Dunstan articles] at The National Times
*[http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/by/keith-dunstan Keith Dunstan articles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624024530/http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/by/keith-dunstan |date=24 June 2012 }} at The National Times


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Latest revision as of 12:21, 5 August 2024

Keith Dunstan
OAM
Dunstan on his bicycle in the 1970s
Born(1925-02-03)3 February 1925
Malvern East, Victoria, Australia
Died11 September 2013(2013-09-11) (aged 88)
Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation(s)Journalist and author
ParentWilliam Dunstan
Websitekeithdunstan.org

John Keith Dunstan OAM (3 February 1925 – 11 September 2013), known as Keith Dunstan, was an Australian journalist and author. He was a prolific writer and the author of more than 35 books.

Early life

[edit]

Dunstan was born in East Malvern, Victoria,[1] the son of journalist and a Victoria Cross recipient, William Dunstan, and his wife Marjorie. He attended Melbourne Grammar School and Geelong Grammar School and was a flight lieutenant in the Royal Australian Air Force from 1943 to 1946, stationed at Labuan in the Pacific.

Journalism

[edit]

In 1946, Dunstan joined The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, publishers of The Sun News-Pictorial and The Herald (since merged as the Herald Sun). He was Foreign Correspondent for the H&WT with posts in New York (1949–1952) and London (1952–1954). This period was followed by a position with The Courier-Mail, for which he wrote a column "Day by Day". He returned to Melbourne and, from 1958 to 1978, contributed a daily column, "A Place in the Sun" for The Sun News-Pictorial, the city's largest circulating daily newspaper. During these years his popularity grew, and he became a Melbourne institution.[1]

From 1962, he wrote regularly for the Sydney-based weekly magazine The Bulletin under the pseudonym of Batman (after the city's controversial founder, John Batman)[2] and for the travel magazine Walkabout. In 1976 and 1977, he was president of the Melbourne Press Club, succeeding Rohan Rivett.[3] He was the United States West Coast Correspondent (1979–1982) for The Herald and Weekly Times. Later, he was a regular columnist and occasional contributor to The Age newspaper.

Author

[edit]

He published a quartet of books on Australian character: Wowsers (1968), Knockers (1972), Sports (1973), and Ratbags (1979), and many works of history on popular subjects ranging from wine, to sport, to retailing, and including an unfashionably critical study of the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, Saint Ned (1980). His pioneering works of Australian sports history included The Paddock That Grew (1962) on the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which has now seen several editions and updates. He also wrote an autobiography, No Brains at All (1990). Other publications included The Melbourne I Remember (2004) and Moonee Ponds to Broadway (2006), a study of one of his friends and a fellow Melburnian, the satirist Barry Humphries.

Other activities

[edit]

In 1967, he became founding secretary of the Anti-Football League, a tongue-in-cheek organisation that pokes fun at the Australian rules football obsession.

An enthusiastic commuter and recreational cyclist, he was the first president of the Bicycle Institute of Victoria (now known as Bicycle Network) from its founding in 1974 to 1978. He was a bicycle touring enthusiast who with his wife Marie cycled across the United States in the 1970s and through China in the 1980s.[4]

Whilst living on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula he was an enthusiastic grower and maker of pinot noir wine.

Honours and awards

[edit]

In the 2002 Australia Day Honours, Dunstan was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) "for service as a journalist and author, and to the community, particularly as a supporter of the Berry Street Babies Home".[5]

On 26 May 2009, he became Patron of the Prahran Mechanics' Institute.[6]

On 11 October 2013, Dunstan was posthumously inducted into the Melbourne Press Club's Victorian Media Hall of Fame. He was told of his forthcoming induction before his death.[2]

Personal life

[edit]

He was married to Marie (daughter of Charles McFadyen), and they had four children. Dunstan died of cancer on 11 September 2013.[7] Dunstan's son, David, reported that his father had written his own, self-effacing, obituary.[1]

Books

[edit]
Year Titel Publisher ISBN Notes
1962 The paddock that grew: the story of the Melbourne Cricket Club Cassell Research by Hugh Field
1966 Supporting a column Cassell
1968 Wowsers; being an account of the prudery exhibited by certain outstanding men and women in such matters as drinking, smoking, prostitution, censorship and gambling Cassell
1971 The Australian uppercrust book Sun Books ISBN 0725101326 Edited by Geoffrey Dutton and Lee White
1972 Knockers Cassell ISBN 0304939218
1973 Sports Cassell ISBN 030429957X
1979 It's all up hill Pegasus Books ISBN 0908131194 Joint author Jeff Hook
1979 Moomba, the first 25 years Sun News-Pictorial and Melbourne Moomba Festival ISBN 0959545301
1979 Ratbags Golden Press ISBN 0855587849 Foreword by Barry Humphries
1979 The store on the hill Macmillan
1979 Make friends for Australia and for Victoria Australian Tourist Commission Booklet
1980 Saint Ned: the story of the near sanctification of an Australian outlaw Methuen Australia ISBN 0454001983
1983 A cricket dictionary Sun Books ISBN 0725104325 Illustrated by Jeff Hook
1983 Footy, an Aussie rules dictionary Sun Books ISBN 072510404X Illustrated by Jeff Hook
1984 Tennis: a tennis dictionary Sun Books ISBN 0725104503 Illustrated by Jeff Hook
1985 Above Australia: a salute to our cities Weldons ISBN 0949708208 Author of text, photography by Leo Meier
1985 Health and fitness: the dictionary Sun Books ISBN 0725104880 Illustrated by Jeff Hook
1985 Racing: the horse-racing dictionary Sun Books ISBN 0725104635 Illustrated by Jeff Hook
1985 Wine, the wine dictionary Sun Books ISBN 0725104821 Illustrated by Jeff Hook
1986 Bowls - the lawn bowls dictionary Sun Books ISBN 0725105224 Illustrated by Jeff Hook
1986 Gurney & Bluey & Curley: Alex Gurney and his greatest cartoons Macmillan Company of Australia ISBN 0725105046 John Gurney with Keith Dunstan
1986 Hook, line and sinker: the dictionary Sun Books ISBN 0725105100 Illustrated by Jeff Hook
1987 Skiing, the skiing dictionary Sun Books ISBN 0725105399
1987 The amber nectar: a celebration of beer and brewing in Australia Viking O'Neil ISBN 0670900443
1988 Bundy: a centenary history Bundaberg Distilling Company
1989 A day in the life of Australia: the complete collection of his Age column Macmillan Co. of Australia ISBN 0732901855 Compiler
1989 The perfect cup: the story of coffee David Ell Press for Andronicus ISBN 0731665880 With Sue Fairlie-Cuninghame
1990 No brains at all: an autobiography Viking ISBN 0670832731
1991 Flag, the first 30 years: the growth and experiences of the hospitality industry in Australasia Flag International ISBN 0646053779
1991 No brains on Tuesday: the collected wit & wisdom of Keith Dunstan Schwarts & Wilkinson ISBN 1863370676
1994 My life with the demon Wilkinson Books ISBN 186350186X
1995 Just Jeans: the story 1970-1995 Australian Scholarly Publishing ISBN 1875606319
1999 Not a bad drop: Brown Brothers Australian Scholarly Publishing ISBN 1875606661
1999 The confessions of a bicycle nut Information Australia ISBN 1863502521
2000 The people's ground: the MCG Australian Scholarly Publishing ISBN 1875606785
2001 Informed sources: a history of the Melbourne Press Club 1971-2001 Melbourne Press Club ISBN 0957950306
2003 1853-2003, Victoria Police Australia: celebrating 150 years in the community Victoria Police ISBN 0958171203 Writer of introduction
2003 The tapestry story: celebrating 150 years of the Melbourne cricket ground Lothian Books ISBN 0734406053 Biographies by Ken Williams and David Allen, with illustrations by Robert Ingpen
2004 Batman in the Bulletin: the Melbourne I remember Australian Scholarly Publishing ISBN 1740970624 Foreword by Barry Humphries, selected and edited by David Dunstan
2005 Collins: the story of Australia's premier street Australian Scholarly Publishing ISBN 1740970578 By Judith Raphael Buckrich with Keith Dunstan, Rohan Storey & Marc Strizic
2006 Moonee Ponds to Broadway Australian Postal Corporation ISBN 0642368244
2011 Two old geezers tell you about bridge, the A-Z Wilkinson Publishing ISBN 9781921804304 With Jeff Hook
2017 Kiwi: the Australian brand that brought a shine to the world: a history of the Kiwi Polish Company Allen & Unwin ISBN 9781760297282 Foreword by Geoffrey Blainey

Published posthumously

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Columnist Keith Dunstan dies of cancer aged 88", ABC website', 13 September 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Rupert Murdoch, Keith Dunstan hailed as pioneers of journalism", Herald Sun, 11 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Melbourne Press Club events" Archived 25 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Melbourne Press Club website. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  4. ^ Dunstan, Keith (1999). The Confessions of a Bicycle Nut (1st ed.). Melbourne, Australia: Information Australia. pp. 219–221. ISBN 1-86350-252-1.
  5. ^ "Dunstan, John Keith", It's an Honour Government website, 26 January 2002. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Our Patron" Archived 12 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Prahran Mechanics' Institute, May 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  7. ^ "Vale Keith Dunstan, gentle footy hater, cyclist and master of words", The Age, 11 September 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
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