Sunday, November 6, 2011

BIG JIM BOWDITCH



At long last, a move is afoot to honour the Northern Territory's great crusading editor , James Frederick Bowditch. There used to be an award for print media in Bowditch’s name , but this seems to have disappeared, without explanation. Years ago, it was suggested that an electorate could be named after Bowditch, but it came to nothing. Little Darwin has been running his life story in serial form, another part ready to be posted in the near future.Photo of Big Jim in action by Kerry Byrnes of Arnhem Nursery .