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Howard Willoughby
1839–1908
A pioneering Australian journalist, he became known as the country's first war correspondent and brought vivid reporting from the New Zealand Wars to colonial readers. He also wrote widely on public life and was a strong voice for Australian federation.
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Australian Pictures, Drawn with Pen and Pencil
by Howard Willoughby
About the author
Born in Birmingham on 19 June 1839, he moved to Melbourne as a young man and entered journalism in the early 1860s. After starting at The Age, he soon joined The Argus, the newspaper most closely linked with his long career.
He is best remembered for reporting on the New Zealand Wars in 1862–63, work that established his reputation as Australia's first war correspondent. Alongside news reporting, he wrote books and commentary on Australian politics and society, argued against penal transportation, and supported the movement toward federation.
Later in life he became editor of The Argus, though illness forced him to step back from the role. He died on 19 March 1908, leaving a reputation as an influential journalist and public writer in colonial Australia.