David Marr

David Marr has been a journalist for 50 years, most of that time with Fairfax and the ABC. His books include lives of Patrick White and Sir Garfield Barwick. He’s also written half a dozen Quarterly Essays on Australian politics and politicians. More recently he published Killing for Country, A Family Story after the grim discovery that his great-great-grandfather served with the Queensland Native Police. 

An updated edition of his essays and stories My Country was published in 2024. He is now presenting Late Night Live on ABC Radio National. 

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