Victor Courtney
Victor Desmond Courtney (27 May 1894 – 1 December 1970) was a Western Australian journalist and newspaper editor. He began writing early in life, gaining a published story in the Lone Hand in 1910. He was in a partnership (with Jack Simons) in a weekly sporting newspaper, The Call. He was involved with  a Saturday-evening paper, The Mirror. During his time at the Sunday Times, he traveled with his wife before the second world war, as well as after the war writing about post war developments in the world and Australia,
Courtney ultimately was the managing director of The Sunday Times and at the time, also owner of a network of thirty regional newspapers. Works
 (1941) Random Rhymes, Perth, the author. (1941) The man from Marble Bar [poem].First line: Satan sat by the fires of hell. in Random rhymes, 1941, p. 16 - reprinted in Grono, William (ed) (1988) Margins : a West Coast selection of poetry, 1829-1988 page 200. -  
 (1946)  Parlez vous [poem]. (first line) 'The reelers are at dinner tonight'. (1948) Cold is the Marble
 (1956) All I May Tell
 (1961) The Life Story of J. J. Simons
 (1962) Perth—and All This! Reference

Further reading
 Davidson, Ron, (1994) High jinks at the hot pool : Mirror reflects the life of a city  Fremantle, W.A. Fremantle Arts Centre Press. (pbk.) former title was The Mirror. External links
 Courtney's Australian Dictionary of Biography entry. - print version at — Victor Courtney — biography of journalist. Australian dictionary of biography, Vol. 13, p. 514. 1894 births
1970 deaths
Journalists from Western Australia
Port Stephens Council