Comments on: You gotta love the Internet http://airminded.org/2006/01/10/you-gotta-love-the-internet/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:05:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2006/01/10/you-gotta-love-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-133848 Brett Holman Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:36:03 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=95#comment-133848 How interesting! I'm sorry to say I don't know the answer to your question. You've probably already found Connolly's <a href="http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130537b.htm" rel="nofollow">ADB entry</a>, which doesn't say either. But it does suggest some further places you might look: R. B. Walker, <em>Yesterday's News</em> (Sydney, 1980); <em>Courier-Mail</em> (Brisbane), 14 September 1966 (presumably his obituary); Connolly papers (National Library of Australia). You could also try asking the author of the entry, Chris Tiffin, who is at <a href="http://www.uq.edu.au/emsah/index.html?page=18039&pid=32006" rel="nofollow">UQ</a> -- although as he wrote it at least 17 years ago, his memory may be hazy! Good luck. How interesting! I’m sorry to say I don’t know the answer to your question. You’ve probably already found Connolly’s ADB entry, which doesn’t say either. But it does suggest some further places you might look: R. B. Walker, Yesterday’s News (Sydney, 1980); Courier-Mail (Brisbane), 14 September 1966 (presumably his obituary); Connolly papers (National Library of Australia). You could also try asking the author of the entry, Chris Tiffin, who is at UQ — although as he wrote it at least 17 years ago, his memory may be hazy!

Good luck.

]]> By: Betty Birskys http://airminded.org/2006/01/10/you-gotta-love-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-133587 Betty Birskys Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:44:52 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=95#comment-133587 I was looking for Roy Connolly on the Internet, and found your post. Back in about 1947 I sent in a short story to an exservice newspaper and was called in by its editor and offered a job as a journalist working on his (independent) newspaper). The Editor/owner was Roy Connolly. He had expected a tough ex-digger; I was a timid,young ex-servicewoman. He gve me the job anyway; it - and the paper - lasted about three months. Long enough for me to join the AJA, nominated by Roy, who really admired my writing; but the only outlet from there was the local Brisbane Courier, which took on about one apprentice a year, or less. So I took a PWR course at Queenland Uni, but never fulfilled my 'writing destiny' - see my website, just google Betty Birskys. I am writing up "My Brilliant career"; would you know the name of that small short-lived newspaper? I was looking for Roy Connolly on the Internet, and found your post. Back in about 1947 I sent in a short story to an exservice newspaper and was called in by its editor and offered a job as a journalist working on his (independent) newspaper). The Editor/owner was Roy Connolly. He had expected a tough ex-digger; I was a timid,young ex-servicewoman. He gve me the job anyway; it – and the paper – lasted about three months.
Long enough for me to join the AJA, nominated by Roy, who really admired my writing; but the only outlet from there was the local Brisbane Courier, which took on about one apprentice a year, or less. So I took a PWR course at Queenland Uni, but never fulfilled my ‘writing destiny’ – see my website, just google Betty Birskys.
I am writing up “My Brilliant career”; would you know the name of that small short-lived newspaper?

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