John Hamilton Hinde AM (26 October 1911 - 4 July 2006) was an Australian broadcaster and film reviewer. He worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) for more than fifty years, in both television and radio.
Hinde was also one of Australia's first foreign correspondents, reporting from the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Upon his death he bequeathed $1 million to start a literary prize in honour of his late wife. He also left $5...
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John Hamilton Hinde AM (26 October 1911 - 4 July 2006) was an Australian broadcaster and film reviewer. He worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) for more than fifty years, in both television and radio.
Hinde was also one of Australia's first foreign correspondents, reporting from the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Upon his death he bequeathed $1 million to start a literary prize in honour of his late wife. He also left $500,000 to establish the John Hinde Award, for a science fiction script for film or television.
Born in 1911, Hinde grew up up in Adelaide. He started studying medicine at the University of Adelaide, but dropped out and married. After a short lived marriage he went first to Melbourne and later to Sydney.
In Sydney, Hinde got a job with The Daily Telegraph in 1937, but was sacked by the editor, Syd Deamer, who mistook him for someone else. Hinde then took a job with the Labor Daily, but soon left because of a political disagreement. Deamer later...
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