Mr K.S. (Ken) Inglis Late of Carlton
K.S. (Ken) Inglis died on 1 December 2017 aged 88 years.
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jude blogg — 22 January 2018
I remember a late night drive home to Alimp where Ken and Amirah were staying witth us after a Mt Hagen Show ball. 32 kms of dreadful dirt track and we were in no state to drive even around the corner. Amirah was with Barry in the LandRover who took the wrong turn to Danny Leahy's place before finally being located and re-directed! Ken and I had the kids in the sedan and how were lived to see another day I don't know. Ken wanted me to record Danny's life in full but after much prevarication he said he was saving it up for his children and though we have quite a lot of Danny Leahy info we never did get the full story that Ken wanrted. Ken, I tried to contact you after Pat White told me you'd moved to Melbourne but now I see I was too late. I'm so sorry. Such a lovely, warm, encouraging sort of person. Jude Blogg
Rhondda Dickson — 10 December 2017
Such a sad loss but so warmly remembered. Ken and Amirah were very dear friends of my parents Don and Nan Dickson through nearly 50 years and helped me survive my lonely boarding school years with their warmth and generosity. And even though I had only a short time in Ken's History department of the University of Papua and New Guinea in 1969, he inspired me to reflect and think rather than just adopt the conventional wisdom.A truly humble and brilliant man.
Glenys Stradijot — 8 December 2017
June Factor (former Friends of the ABC President) & Glenys Stadijot (former Friends of the ABC Campaign Manager)Our sincere sympathy is with Kens family at this sad time.Those of us with Friends of the ABC during the many years that Ken wrote his extensive two-volume history of the ABC are indebted to him for ensuring the history of Australias independent public broadcaster was admirably recorded. We will remember Ken for the significant contribution he made to an important Australian cultural institution. And we recall with fondness and gratitude Kens gentle and generous nature: he was always willing to share his great wealth of knowledge.