PHOTO: Sir Frank Packer on October 18, 1962. Photo: Fairfax Media.
Canberra is no stranger to being home to some of Australia’s biggest names and nestled in the leafy suburbs of the Inner South is a five-bedroom property that was once owned by Australian media proprietor Sir Frank Packer.
The patriarch of the Packer family was the father of media mogul Kerry Packer and grandfather to billionaire businessman James Packer.
Sir Frank’s career in media started in 1923, when he became a cadet journalist at the Daily Guardian. Only four years later, he became the director of the company.
One of his notable achievements was starting The Australian Women’s Weekly, an instant success, and transforming The Daily Telegraph to become one of Australia’s leading newspapers.
By the time of his death in 1974, Sir Frank controlled the Australian Consolidated Press and the Nine Network.
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