Cameron Forbes is an Australian journalist and author. Born in

Rockhampton Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. In the , the population of Rockhampton was 79,293. A common nickname for Rockhampton is "Rocky", and the demonym of Rockhampton is Rockhamptonite. The Scottish- ...

in Queensland on 1 September 1938. He worked for ''

The Age ''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Austral ...

'' as Europe correspondent and became foreign editor of ''The Age'' in the early 1980s. In the late 80s, Forbes was posted in Singapore as Asia correspondent. He was also Washington correspondent for ''

The Australian ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet daily newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964. As the only Australian daily newspaper distributed nationally, its readership of b ...

'' from 1997 to 2000. Cameron has reported from conflict zones in Northern Ireland, Portugal, Middle East, Rwanda, Myanmar, Kashmir, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bougainville. Notable interviews include Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Cardinal Sin, Prince Sihanouk, Rajiv Gandhi,

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, Aung San Suu Kyi, Cory Aquino, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and many other politicians, dignitaries, rebel leaders and insurgents including those in the council of the Taliban and Tutsi rebels. An outstanding journalist known for his perceptive overseas coverage, he has been the recipient of many awards including: * 1986 - Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award * 1990 - The Canadian Award for International Reporting * 1991 - The United Nations Association Media Peace Award * 2010 -

Walkley Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism The Walkley Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism, formerly Walkley Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism, is one of the prestigious Australian Walkley Awards, and "recognises the achievements of a person or group for ...

Retiring from print journalism in 2002, he has written a number of non-fiction books, including '' Hellfire: The Story of Australia, Japan and the Prisoners of War''.The Monthl
May 2005 Explaining the Unexplained
Retrieved 24 March 2015

Books

*
Hellfire: The Story of Australia, Japan and the Prisoners of War
' (Pan Macmillan 2005) *
Under the Volcano: The Story of Bali
' (Black Inc. Publishing 2007) *
The Korean War: Australia in the Giants Playground
' (Pan Macmillan 2010) *
Australia on Horseback: The story of the horse and the making of a nation
' (Pan Macmillan 2014)

References

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