John Gale (journalist)
Introduction


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**John Gale** (17 April 183115 July 1929\) was an Australian newspaper proprietor, lay preacher and politician. He was the founder of *[The Queanbeyan Age](/wiki/The_Queanbeyan_Age "The Queanbeyan Age")*, the first newspaper to serve the [Queanbeyan](/wiki/Queanbeyan "Queanbeyan") district in [New South Wales](/wiki/New_South_Wales "New South Wales"). He was also an advocate for the Queanbeyan\-[Canberra](/wiki/Canberra "Canberra") area as the best site of a future Australian national capital, for which he is sometimes called the "Father of Canberra" (although that epithet is also applied to Sir [Austin Chapman](/wiki/Austin_Chapman "Austin Chapman")). He served a single term as Member for [Murrumbidgee](/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Murrumbidgee "Electoral district of Murrumbidgee") in the [New South Wales Legislative Assembly](/wiki/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Assembly "New South Wales Legislative Assembly").


What were some of John Gale's notable achievements as a politician?