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Shirley Stott Despoja (Shirley Margaret Stott) was born on 1936 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is an Australian journalist. Discover Shirley Stott Despoja's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?

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Occupation Journalist
Age 88 years old
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Born 1936
Birthday 1936
Birthplace Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australia

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Her husband is Mario Despoja

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1936

Shirley Margaret Stott Despoja (born 1936) is an Australian journalist.

She was the first female journalist in the general newsroom of The Advertiser newspaper in Adelaide, and was the paper's first arts editor.

Born Shirley Margaret Stott to a working-class family in Sydney, she studied at St George Girls High School before commencing, but not completing, an art's degree.

Stott left university without a degree after offered a journalism role at The Anglican, a newspaper published by the Anglican Church of Australia, working for editor Francis James.

With limited career prospects in Sydney, Stott moved to The Canberra Times, and then later was offered a position at The Advertiser in Adelaide—she was the first woman to work on general news for the paper, instead of the "women's pages".

She returned to Canberra when she married, but when her marriage ended, she was asked back to The Advertiser by editor Don Riddell as the paper's first arts editor, at a time when the arts were flourishing in South Australia under the premiership of Don Dunstan.

1963

In 1963, Stott interviewed Croatian migrant Mario Despoja for The Advertiser about his success on the quiz show Coles £3000 Question.

They married ten months later, but divorced after twelve years.

1988

In 1988, Stott Despoja took sick leave, and in January 1989 filed a claim for worker's compensation for work-related stress.

The Australian Journalists Association took the case to the Industrial Relations Commission seeking her return to work for five days a week on full pay.

The AJA's South Australian secretary told an IRC hearing that Stott Despoja's stress was caused by an incident arising over a disagreement with the editor of The Advertiser, Piers Akerman, over the placement of a column, and which the AJA alleged resulted in Akerman threatening Stott Despoja with violence.

The dispute went to the Supreme Court of South Australia, where the Advertiser's appeal against the claim was dismissed.

1992

Stott Despoja retired from the paper in 1992.

1995

Their daughter, Natasha Stott Despoja, was a Senator for South Australia from 1995 to 2008, and leader of the Australian Democrats from 2001 to 2002.

2008

In 2008, Stott Despoja returned to the media, writing a column titled "The Third Age" for the Adelaide Review.

2013

Stott Despoja was inducted into the South Australian Media Awards Hall of Fame in 2013.

2017

In the 2017 Australia Day Honours, she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), for service to the print media as a journalist.

2018

In November 2018, she was inducted into the Australian Media Hall of Fame.