'Garry Ellis Sturgess grew up in Melbourne and is a graduate of Monash University. He practised as a barrister in 1985–89, but for most of his career he has worked in the media and publishing. From 1977 to 1980 he was a freelance reporter and documentary-maker in Australia and the United States. He was the legal correspondent for The Age in 1980–84 and was the presenter of The Law Report on ABC Radio National in 1984–85. He worked as a freelance reporter and correspondent in Washington in 1989–91. In 1994 he founded the communications provider Global Vision Media Pty Ltd and in 2000 he established Explore Australia Network Pty Ltd, an online travel and tourism publisher. Since 2003 he has been a consultant publisher at DigiTravel Publishing Pty Ltd.' (https://www.nla.gov.au/selected-library-collections/sturgess-collection)
