Geoffrey Sinclair Raymond was an Australian television news presenter.
14 Facts About Geoff Raymond
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Geoff Raymond is best remembered for his work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation where he anchored ABC News in Melbourne from 1973 to 1984.
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Geoff Raymond then joined radio station 3DB in the 1940's as a newsreader where his profile grew.
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In 1956, Geoff Raymond was working at 3UZ as chief announcer where he was instrumental in establishing the station's news service.
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Geoff Raymond co-hosted a HSV-7 program called Take It East with Nehama Patkin.
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Geoff Raymond then joined ATV-0 where he read the news from 1970 and hosted his own weekly current affairs program The Raymond Report in 1971.
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Geoff Raymond then joined the ABC as its chief newsreader on its Melbourne television station ABV-2 in 1973.
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Geoff Raymond said he hoped that his photos would in some way help relations between Israel and Egypt.
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Geoff Raymond had first displayed the photos in Melbourne in 1979 at an exhibition officially opened by Roger Shipton.
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The appointment of Ralphe Neill as Geoff Raymond's successor was met with opposition from ABC staff and led to a 12-day strike.
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Thirty-four staff from ABC Television walked off the job on 13 July 1984 in protest of the way Neill had been appointed to replace Geoff Raymond, claiming the normal procedures for such appointments had not been followed.
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In 1986, Geoff Raymond returned to Australia to manage the Ferntree Tavern near Mount Wellington in Tasmania.
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Geoff Raymond died in England at the age of 89 on 4 January 2011.
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Geoff Raymond's death prompted various tributes from television identities including former colleague David Johnston.