Richard Carleton
Richard Carleton
Richard George Carleton (11 July 1943 – 7 May 2006) was a multiple Logie Award–winning Australian television journalist.
Education
Carleton was born in Bowral, New South Wales. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School and graduated from the University of New South Wales. He was the third of four children – Joffre, Graeme, Richard and Joanne.
ABC/BBC
In the 1960s, he was a reporter on This Day Tonight as well as being the presenter of State of the Nation?action=edit&redlink=1), both on the ABC. He continued these roles until he left for a role on 2GB Radio in 1976, followed by what began as a lifelong love of travelling and researching overseas, producing films in Indonesia (including being the only journalist to be allowed to visit the newly "integrated" East Timor) and the Middle East. Carleton joined the BBC in London in 1977 for the Tonight) program, before returning to Australia in 1979.
Reading List
Report Issue