Murdoch family

Five generations of the family are descended from two Scottish immigrants to Australia: the Reverend James Murdoch (1818–1884), a minister of the Free Church of Scotland and his wife Helen, née Garden (1826–1905).Murdoch published his first essay, "The new school of Australian poets", in 1899 and for many years he wrote a weekly column titled "Books and Men" for the Melbourne Argus (under the pen name of "Elzevir").During the 1920s, his essays were syndicated across Australia through the Herald & Weekly Times newspaper group run by his nephew, Sir Keith Murdoch (see below).During World War II, Sir Keith Murdoch served briefly in an Australian government role, as Director-General of Information.[12][13] Rupert Murdoch, born in Melbourne, is a major international media proprietor – he chairs two United States-based companies that control most of his assets: News Corp and Fox Corporation.NewsCorp also came to control both a major international publishing house HarperCollins, and Dow Jones & Company, which includes The Wall Street Journal.
Prof. Walter Murdoch (left) and family at Point Lonsdale, Victoria, in 1910. His wife, Violet (née Hughston) is upper centre. Their daughter, Catherine – as Catherine King a prominent broadcaster – is centre right and son William (Will) Murdoch is on the right.
Part of the main campus of Murdoch University , in Murdoch , a suburb of Perth, Western Australia . Both the university and suburb are named after Sir Walter Murdoch.
Sir Keith Murdoch (1885–1952)
Rupert Murdoch at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos , 2007
Lachlan Murdoch , Rupert's successor as chairman of News Corp
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