Victor Desmond Courtney (27 May 1894 – 1 December 1970) was a Western Australian journalist and newspaper editor.
He began writing early in life, gaining a published story in the Lone Hand in 1910.
[1] He was in a partnership (with Jack Simons) in a weekly sporting newspaper, The Call.
[2] He was involved with a Saturday-evening paper, The Mirror.
[3] During his time at the Sunday Times, he traveled with his wife before the second world war,[4] as well as after the war writing about post war developments in the world and Australia,[5][6] Courtney ultimately was the managing director of The Sunday Times and at the time, also owner of a network of thirty regional newspapers.