Dorothy Drain

Dorothy Drain
War correspondent in Vietnam, 1965
BornDorothy Simpson Drain
(1909-08-16)16 August 1909
Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia
Died31 May 1996(1996-05-31) (aged 86)
OccupationJournalist, editor, poet
NationalityAustralian

Dorothy Drain (16 August 1909 – 31 May 1996) was an Australian journalist, columnist, war correspondent, editor and poet. She worked as a journalist with The Australian Women's Weekly for 38 years, with the final five years being as its editor. She was "one of Australia's best-known journalists".