Frank Palmos
Australian journalist and translator
Francis "Frank" Palmos (born 20 January 1940 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a journalist, author, and translator, who is best known for his work in South East Asia.
Education
Higher education
2008–2012: University of Western Australia, Asian Studies, Ph.D. Subject of Ph.D. Thesis: "Surabaya 1945: Sacred Territory - Revolutionary Surabaya as the birthplace of Indonesian Independence." Dissertation approved 13 March 2012.
1967: Diploma Linguistics, Sorbonne designated course, Bescancon, France.
1964: Diploma of Arts (Journalism and Indonesian Studies), University of Melbourne.
1962: University of Indonesia, Jakarta, the History of Indonesian Literature.
1961: Pajajaran University, Bandung, Indonesia, Publisistiks (Media Studies).
1961–1962: Fellow, UN Supervised Yayasan Siswa Lokantara, Indonesia.
Career
Frank Palmos began his career as a foreign correspondent after six years in journalism by writing his first foreign reports from Indonesia in 1961 when he was 21 years old. Following graduation in journalism and Indonesian studies from University of Melbourne while senior journalist at Herald Melbourne, and after graduation he was appointed at 24 years of age Australia's youngest foreign correspondent to South East Asia (1964). He founded the first foreign newspaper bureau in the Republic of Indonesia in Jakarta (non-wire service) and served as its bureau chief for the Sydney Morning Herald-Sun groups, which represented 10 Australian and numerous overseas daily newspapers.
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