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Life Summary

Name	Angus Henry McLachlan
Born	29 March, 1908 Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia
Died	10 August, 1996 (aged 88) Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	lung disease
Cultural Heritage	Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Presbyterian Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Murdoch, Keith Arthur (employer) Fairfax, Warwick Oswald (employer)
Education *	Cathedral School Wangaratta (Vic) (student, 1913-1915) Wangaratta Primary School (Vic) (student, 1916-1918) Brighton Grammar School (Melbourne) (student, 1919-1920) Scotch College (Melbourne) (student, 1921-1924) Brighton Technical School (Melbourne) (student, 1925-1925) University of Melbourne (student, 1928-1931)
Occupation *	journalist (1926-1927) Victoria, Australia political writer (1926-1927) Victoria, Australia journalist (1927-1928) Australian Capital Territory, Australia political writer (1927-1928) Australian Capital Territory, Australia journalist (1928-1936) Victoria, Australia political writer (1928-1936) Victoria, Australia newspaper editor (1936-1949) New South Wales, Australia newspaper executive (1949-1969) New South Wales, Australia company director (1955-1980) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Australian Journalists' Association (Vic) (member, 1928) Australian Journalists' Association (Vic) (president, 1935) Australian Journalists' Association (national) (president, 1936) John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (executive member, 1937-1949) Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd (company director, 1955-1981) Australian Associated Press (company director, 1955-1981) Australian Associated Press (chair, 1958-1959) Australian Associated Press (chair, 1964-1965) Australian Associated Press (joint managing director, 1965-1981) Macquarie Broadcasting Holdings Ltd (director, 1966-1980) Reuters Ltd (director, 1966-1971) State Library of New South Wales (council member, 1966-1975) David Syme and Co Ltd (company director, 1970-1979) Federal Capital Press of Australia Pty Ltd (company director, 1970-1979) Australian Associated Press (chair, 1975-1976)
Workplaces *	Provincial Daily Press (journalist, 1926-1928) Herald (Melbourne) newspaper (sub-editor, 1928-1936) Sydney Morning Herald (newspaper) (sub-editor, 1936-1937) Sydney Morning Herald (newspaper) (news editor, 1937-1969) Dept of Information (Federal) (press officer, 1940-1940) John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (general manager, 1949-1965) John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (managing director, 1965-1969) John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd (company director, 1965-1980)

* Dates are approximate