About Robert Macklin

Robert Macklin was born in Queensland where he was educated at Ironside School, Brisbane Grammar and the University of Queensland. He worked as a Jackaroo on a sheep and cattle property then as a roustabout in a shearing team before joining The Courier-Mail as a cadet journalist.
Later he moved to Melbourne and Canberra where he worked in the Parliamentary Press Gallery for The Age and then as Press Secretary to Sir John McEwen during his Prime Ministership...read more»

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