Frank Devine (17 December 1931 – 3 July 2009) was a

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–born

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editor and journalist. Devine was born in the

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city of

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and started his career there aged 17 as a cadet on the ''

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''. In 1953, Devine worked for

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, contributing to the '' Western Mail''. He later worked as a

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and

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before returning to Perth as editor of the ''

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'' in 1970. In 1971, he was appointed editor-in-chief of Australian ''

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''. After ten years, he transferred to a senior editorial position at the ''Digest'' in New York. Remaining in the

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, Devine was appointed editor at the ''

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. In 1986, he left

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to take on the role of editor at the ''

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''. In later life, Devine was a columnist and editor of ''

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''. He contributed a monthly column for '' Quadrant'' from 2002 to 2009; he prepared a collection of these columns, ''Older and Wiser'', just before he died. He married Jacqueline Magee in April 1959, with whom he had three children. The eldest, Miranda Devine, has been a columnist for the ''

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'' and the ''

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''.Australia’s many media dynasties (crikey)
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References

External links

* David Banks

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, 11 July 2009. * Peter Coleman
'My Friend Frank'
* Christopher Pearson

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