Andrew Dunn

Andrew Dunn (1854–1934) was a newspaper proprietor and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.

Early life Andrew Dunn was born on 4 May 1854 in Greenock, Scotland, the son of Andrew Dunn and his wife Ann (née Anderson).

Newspaper proprietor Having pursued careers unrelated to newspapers, in the late 1880s Andrew Dunn was appointed as a business manager for the Maryborough Chronicle. In 1888 he was given a £10 bonus from each stakeholder for his good work. This enabled him to purchase shares in the business and become a director. By 1891 he was the chairman of the company.

His son Andrew (junior) had been working for the Rockhampton Bulletin for some years, when the death of one of its owners, John Blair, provided the opportunity for Andrew Dunn (senior) to purchase a controlling interest in the newspaper and put his sons Andrew (junior) and William Herbert Alan (Herbie) Dunn in charge of it. Later, after World War I, another son, James, would become the business manager for the newspaper.

In June 1922, Andrew Dunn acquired a controlling interest of The Toowoomba Chronicle and merged it with its competitor, the Darling Downs Gazette. He took an active role in trying to re-establish it.