Shirley Stott Despoja

Shirley Stott Despoja
OAM
Born
Shirley Margaret Stott

1936 (age 87–88)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationJournalist
EmployerThe Advertiser
SpouseMario Despoja
ChildrenNatasha Stott Despoja

Shirley Margaret Stott Despoja OAM (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.[1]

  1. ^ Henningham, Nikki. "Stott Despoja, Shirley (1936 - )". The Australian Women's Register. Australian Women's Archives Project. Retrieved 21 November 2018.