Frederick William Ward (5 April 1847 – 1 July 1934) was an Australian journalist, newspaper editor and

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minister. Ward was born in New Zealand the fourth son of the Rev. Robert Ward, a Primitive Methodist clergyman and was sent to

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, Australia around 1867 as a Methodist minister. He was then sent to

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but resigned in 1869 and then joined the

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. In 1876 Ward left the ministry and became a journalist. In 1877 he edited the Wesleyan ''Weekly Advocate'', then from 1879 to 1884 edited ''

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'' and the ''Echo'' 1883 to 1884. From 1884 to 1890, Ward was editor of ''

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''. He was later editor of ''

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'' until he resigned in 1898 when he was appointed leader-writer for the Melbourne ''Argus''. He was then editor of the Sydney ''Daily Telegraph'' 1903–1914 and the Brisbane ''Telegraph'' 1916–1920. Ward died at home in

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, Sydney on 1 July 1934. He was survived by two sons and two daughters.

References

*Kathy Moignard,
Ward, Frederick William (1847 - 1934)
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'', Volume 12, MUP, 1990, pp 382-383. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ward, Frederick William 1874 births 1934 deaths Australian journalists Australian newspaper editors New Zealand emigrants to Australia People from Taranaki The Argus (Melbourne) people The Sydney Morning Herald editors