Gottlieb Schuler

After leaving school he joined the staff of the Bendigo Independent did much reading and gained an intimate acquaintance with English, French, and German literature.

In March 1879 he was given an appointment on the Melbourne newspaper The Age in connection with which he gained an intimate acquaintance with Victorian politics.

Schuler became chief of staff in 1890 and prepared much of the material which led to the attack on the management of the railways, and the famous Speight action for libel.

Phillip Schuler had been a war correspondent before enlisting in the First AIF and had published a book on the Gallipoli campaign, Australia in Arms, in 1916.

[1] Belonging as he did to the old school of anonymous journalism Schuler never came much before the public, but as chief of staff he showed great tact, and as editor had his finger on every department of the paper.