Journalist Des Parker shared Port Pirie residents' stories for 65 years and still holds the memories - ABC News
6/29/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Georgia Roberts
by Georgia Roberts
From selling papers outside Port Pirie’s smelter gates for a penny, to writing 1,000 profiles and a column that ran in The Recorder for three decades, Des Parker retains much of his 65-year newspaper career in his shed.
It is the early 1970s and Des Parker is in the middle of running an illegal game of two-up on Weeroona Island atop the Spencer Gulf in South Australia. Police have decided to perform a raid on the u… [+6993 chars]
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