Andrew Dunn was the eldest son of Andrew Dunn (Snr.) who founded a major chain of provincial newspapers.
Born in 1880, Dunn was educated at Christian Brothers' College and Maryborough Grammar School before taking up an apprenticeship in the composing room of The Maryborough Chronicle. He soon moved to the literary staff, before joining The Daily Mail in October 1903 as a reporter and writer of news commentaries. From 1905, he worked at The Morning Bulletin in Rockhampton. Following the death of former editor John Blair, Dunn's family took controlling interest in the newspaper and Dunn took over as editor, a post that he filled for 43 years. He wrote a weekly column under the pen-name 'Lictor', and was known as a competent drama critic.
On the death of his father in 1934, Dunn succeeded him as Chairman of Directors of the family's Rockhampton, Maryborough and Toowoomba newspaper companies and on the board of Queensland Country Press Ltd. In 1955, his own son, Lex Seymour Dunn, continued the Dunn legacy when he took over as General Manager of The Morning Bulletin.
Source: Rod Kirkpatrick. Sworn to No Master (1984).
