Parents Mungo Lorenz MacCallum | Children Mungo Wentworth MacCallum | |
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Full Name John Mungo Ballardie MacCallum Born 11 December 1913 ( 1913-12-11 ) Point Piper, Sydney, Australia Spouse(s) Diana Wentworth (m. 1939)
Polly MacCallum (m. 1972) Relatives Mungo William MacCallum (grandfather) Died 12 July 1999, Sydney, Australia | ||
John Mungo Ballardie MacCallum (commonly known as Mungo Ballardie MacCallum, 11 December 1913 – 12 July 1999) was an Australian journalist, broadcaster and poet.
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Early life
MacCallum was born in Point Piper, Sydney on 11 December 1913. His father was Mungo Lorenz MacCallum, a Rhodes Scholar and the son of Mungo William MacCallum, Chancellor of the University of Sydney. He attended the Sydney Grammar School and studied Arts at the University of Sydney.
Career
MacCallum started working for the ABC in 1952, and, after a stint at the BBC, helped produce the first night of television in Australia in 1956. He wrote three books, two novels, Voyage of Love and Son of Mars, and an autobiography, Plankton's Luck. Later, in the 1960s, he wrote for a journal named Nation. He had a son with Diana Wentworth, Mungo Wentworth MacCallum.
Death
MacCallum died in Sydney on 12 July 1999.