Greenwood

On one of my visits back to Sydney in 1995 (I think), Morgs and I met up for a beer at the Greenwood in North Sydney. Morgs was relaxed and happily enjoying being back in Sydney after his Uni years in Canberra. Ben Hunter

Bow Tie

Back row: Ben Dunstan, Channa, Morgs
Front row: Dan Plunkett, James Dalton, Jen Donohue

Morgs was very proud of his ability to correctly tie a bow tie. This one must have slipped through the net. Ben Hunter

1988 Johns surf trip

Morgs, James Dalton, Sean Curtis and Chad Reed

This photo was taken in first year of college. One of the problems faced by serious ANU surfers was that the beach was about two hours drive away. The alternative backdrop for surfing photos was the recently deforested, but not yet cleaned up, B Block courtyard. Ben Hunter

Beauty and the Beast

Morgs and Angelique at the John XXIII College B&S Ball in 1988..."The Bicentennial B&S". Morgs decided to ditch the bow tie and opt for his favourite formal 'Madness' tie. Ben Hunter

Party pauses to remember accident victims

Cynthia Banham ... recovering.
Photo: Andrew Taylor

THE injured Herald reporter Cynthia Banham was a special absentee guest last night at the annual Press Gallery Ball in Canberra.

Banham, who for three months has been battling serious burns, sent a message to colleagues who gathered at Parliament House with the nation's political and business leaders.

"Greetings from Ward 6 at Royal Perth Rehabilitation Hospital," read the message signed by Banham and her partner, the Herald Sun journalist Michael Harvey.

"We wish so very much that we could be with you tonight. We know the Garuda plane crash of March 7 affected the Parliament House community deeply. This much was evident from the many messages of support that flooded in to us during the days, weeks and months that followed."

Banham wrote with Harvey that it would be "hard for anyone in this room to imagine just how devastating the experience has been".

"Even now, it seems beyond imagining. Not a day passes, however, when we don't think of the colleagues whose lives were lost that awful morning.

"We are fighting to reclaim as much of our old lives as we can. It is going to be a long and difficult road but, together, through love and support for each other, we are working hard and we will be back home one day."

Alan Oakley, the editor of the Herald, said Banham was approaching the rehabilitation process with "her customary energy". "She has a long way to go, but all of us are humbled by the courage she has shown so far, and the progress she has made," he said.

Morgan Mellish, the Australian Financial Review Jakarta correspondent killed in the crash, was also honoured at last night's event. Proceeds from the ball are to be donated to the Burn Foundation and to Surf Aid - in honour of Mellish, who was a committed surfer.

Annabel Crabb
June 21, 2007 SMH

Newseum

Newseum is a non-profit museum of news and journalism that will reopen this year in Washington, DC. They plan to include Morgan in the Journalists Memorial. The memorial honors reporters, editors, broadcasters, and photojournalists who lost their lives reporting the news. The Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial provides a preliminary list of journalists who died in 2007.

Tribes & Nations & XSProject

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