Montague Grover

[5] In 1888 he was articled to a Melbourne firm of architects[6] but when he emerged four years later the country was in a severe recession, with little chance of employment, so turned to journalism.

[8] Grover has been credited with "discovering" Jimmy Bancks, whose Us Fellers was first published in the "Sunbeams" section of the Sunday Sun, thus introducing Ginger Meggs to millions of young Australians.

[5] Around 1939 he made a tour of the western districts of New South Wales and Victoria, writing articles for Smith's Weekly on some of the regional towns, including Camperdown and Cobden.

The ceremony at Springvale Crematorium was attended by many journalists and newspapermen, including G. A. Kennedy, Watkin Wynne, Vance Palmer, R. H. Croll, and R. W. E.

Not a man who worked under him, and there have been thousands, ever had anything but praise for his leadership, all were inspired by his keenness for a good story, they loved his sense of humor, his outright honesty, and his insatiable appetite for scoops.