Mungo Wentworth MacCallum BA (1941 - 2020)

Born 21 Dec 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Died 9 Dec 2020 at age 78 in Ocean Shores, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Mungo MacCallum BA was born in New South Wales, Australia

Mungo Wentworth MacCallum was born on 21st December 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was the only child of Mungo Ballardie MacCallum, grandson of Sir Mungo and Lady MacCallum, and Diana Wentworth, great granddaughter of noted explorer, journalist and politician, William Charles Wentworth. He was educated at the elite Cranbrook School.

After graduating from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts (BA), he became a political journalist and commentator.

Mungo married Jenny Garrett.

His parents divorced in 1971 and his father married again soon afterward.

During the 1980s he moved to Ocean Shores, on the north coast of New South Wales; where he continued to write political commentary, notably for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). He wrote several books, including:

• Run, Johnny, Run, written after the 2004 Australian federal election.
• his autobiographical narrative of the Australian political scene, Mungo: the man who laughs, has been reprinted four times.
• How To Be A Megalomaniac or, Advice to a Young Politician was published in 2002.
• Political Anecdotes was published in 2003.
• in December 2004, Duffy & Snellgrove published War and Pieces: John Howard's last election.

Aged almost 79 years and having suffered from throat cancer, prostate cancer, and heart disease, he passed away on 9th December 2020 in Ocean Shores.

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See also

• Mungo Wentworth MacCallum.