1. Donald Richmond Horne was an Australian journalist, writer, social critic, and academic who became one of Australia's best known public intellectuals, from the 1960s until his death.
16 Facts About Donald Horne
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Donald Horne was born in Kogarah, New South Wales and raised in Muswellbrook and Sydney.
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Donald Horne enrolled in a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney in 1939, but his studies were interrupted by war service.
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Donald Horne later attended Canberra University College at the Australian National University, to train as a diplomat.
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Donald Horne moved back to Sydney in 1945 without completing his studies.
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Donald Horne held several academic positions there for the next fifteen years.
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Donald Horne began his career in journalism and worked for a number of Frank Packer's publications, first as a journalist for The Telegraph, then editor of the magazine Weekend, and later the fortnightly intellectual periodical The Observer.
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Between 1992 and 1995, Donald Horne served as Chancellor of the University of Canberra.
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Donald Horne worked on writing, arts and citizenship boards and was an executive member of the Australian Constitutional Commission.
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Donald Horne was Chairman of the Australia Council from 1985 to 1990.
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Donald Horne was known through much of his public career for his republicanism, a more independent national self-image, his advocacy for the importance of the arts, and a raising in standards of public debate.
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Donald Horne was still giving media interviews up to the last year of his life, when he died as a result of pulmonary fibrosis after a long illness.
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In 1982, Professor Donald Horne was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for service to literature; and in 2001 was presented with the Centenary Medal for service to the Centenary of Federation celebrations in New South Wales.
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Donald Horne was named as one of Australia's Living National Treasures in 1997, the year of the list's inauguration, by the National Trust.
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Donald Horne was conferred with degrees honoris causa by a number of Australian academic institutions, including Griffith University, University of New South Wales, University of Canberra, the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and the University of Sydney.
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In 2017 La Trobe University Press published Donald Horne: Selected Writings, edited by his son Nick.