John Pilger

John Pilger was born in October 9th 1939 in Sydney, Australia. He was also raised in the same suburb of Sydney at a place called Bondi. His mother’s ancestors were Irish, German and English while those of his father were German. His mother worked as a teacher of French. Pilger schooled at Sydney Boys High School where he was very active in journalism. During the high school time, John started a student newspaper called The Messenger. He was later involved in a cadet-ship by Australian Consolidated Press, where he was training for four years as a journalist. John has a son called Sam born in 1973 and a daughter called Zoe, Born in 1984. He likes swimming, reading, mulling and sunning.