Kavanagh, Lawrie

Lawrie Kavanagh was born in Rockhampton and grew up in country towns along the central Queensland coast. He joined the Courier-Mail in 1956 and has travelled the world covering sporting events including the Commonwealth and Olympic Games. A fulltime general columnist since 1986, Lawrie Kavanagh has published two bestselling books of his journalism, Kavanagh on Queensland; and Kavanagh on Queensland Again. Outback (UQP 1993) and Overland (UQP 1996) are collections of travel yarns, written by Lawrie and illustrated by Hugh Sawrey’s distinctive charcoals. A selection of columns from Outback won runner-up in the 1992 Walkley Awards.