About George Blaikie
Lived 1915 – 1995 (aged 80). George Blaikie was an Australian writer and journalist.
George Neil Blaikie (5 May 1915 – 12 October 1995) was an Australian author and journalist.
Blaikie was born in Sydney and educated at Sydney Grammar School and Melbourne University. He joined Smith's Weekly in December 1931, after his bank manager father had impressed on Smith's Weekly owner Joynton Smith, a customer, what an asset the boy would be. Blaikie was still with the paper in October 1950 when it closed.
Blaikie later worked for The Courier-Mail in Brisbane. His series Our Strange Past began in 1951 in The Mail as a continuation of the series Famous Disasters and in 1952 in The Western Mail and was syndicated across Australia. It ran for 34 years as feature in The Australian. He also ran a feature "Great Women of History" in The Australian Women's Weekly in 1982.
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Who was George Blaikie?
Australian author and journalist
When was George Blaikie born?
George Blaikie was born on 5 May 1915 in Sydney.
When did George Blaikie die?
George Blaikie died on 12 October 1995.
What was George Blaikie's occupation?
George Blaikie was a writer and journalist.
What nationality was George Blaikie?
George Blaikie was Australian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). George Blaikie. https://biography.guide/george-blaikie/
MLA: "George Blaikie." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/george-blaikie/.
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