Jock Rankin, ABC News,

From ABC News, January 17, 2002:
[Posted by Steve Padgham, in Hong Kong]


Victorian journalists have paid tribute to Jock Rankin, the veteran ABC broadcaster who died in Melbourne yesterday.

Mr Rankin joined the ABC in 1972, and had been a reporter for television and radio current affairs programs including Four Corners and This Day Tonight. 

He was Victorian Director of News and Current Affairs from 1988 to 1993, while in recent years he was best known for his work as executive director of the Property Council of Victoria. 

Mr Rankin, who was 52, is survived by his wife, state Education Minister Mary Delahunty, and their two children. 

ABC TV newsreader Ian Henderson says Mr Rankin made an important contribution to Victorian journalism. 

"Jock was an uncompromising and passionate editor of the old school - he was capable of both inspiring great loyalty and making you quake in your boots, like the best did," he said. 

"He was a great fighter for Victoria's place in Australian journalism."

Jock Rankin, ABC Radio interview with Mary Delahunty

This is from Padge, an email sent out on 27th August, posting now for the folks on the blog....

Dear all, you will all have memories of Jock. After all he was school captain. I remember dropping by his place when walking home in the afternoon. As most of you know he became a journalist and married Mary Delahunty (another ABC  journalist) and Mary went into State politics (Victorian Labor), became Arts and Education minister. She has recently written a book about her experiences and living with Jock's mysterious illness. Later diagnosed as` a rare cancer.

She was recently interviewed on Radio National. David Edmunds and I found it a very interesting account.

The Mary Delahunty interview from Life Matters is available on the RN website for which click here.

Trust all is well. Has anybody alse come up with other contacts?

Best wishes

Steve Padgham

Some more old photos

This is from Padge and Forse.  Padge reckons a number of you may find some these photos of interest....

Barry Faux, "G.D." the Red Setter and Big Pete Read (aka "Ace")

Tony Peppercorn, Oz and Jenny, plus Fish the Dog

Big Pete and Oz

Somewhere in the sixties.... Ray, Big Pete, Ross and Forse

September 19, 1969...

Hello from Hong Kong!

Padge and Forse at the Forsythe residence

Discovery Bay Hong Kong, 20 October 2010

Padge and Forse here. Padge just arrived in from four days in Shanghai following the Shanghai Masters tennis, with brother David (Grammar Class of 71).
They saw in action: Federer, Djokevich, Rafa, Sodeling, the Brien Bros and the eventual winner, Andy Murray.

Padge sends regards to all and boot in bum for no one having posted anything since June!

Off to Yacht Club now.....