Bob Maumill


Walter Robert Maumill is a Western Australian radio presenter and writer.

Early life

Maumill was born in Bunbury, Western Australia. His father was Walter William Maumill and his mother Elsie He moved with his family to South Fremantle as a child. He was educated at South Terrace Primary School, Beaconsfield Primary School and Fremantle Boys High School. He left school at age 15 and traveled Australia in various jobs mainly with livestock. He worked as an abattoir worker, shearing shed hand, stable hand, and as a drover in North Queensland. Maumill spent a brief 18 months in the Royal Australian Navy and was later a crew member of a Norwegian Cargo Ship servicing the Pacific Rim. A lifetime involvement with horses led to a career as a racehorse trainer which led to his media career. First as a horse racing journalist and analyst, then as a current affairs and general topics talkback radio host.

Media career

As a young man Maumill started writing newspaper articles and stories for publication in Horse Racing magazines and newspapers. He joined Radio Station 6IX as a racing analyst and talkback exponent and subsequently moved into current affairs broadcasting with "Maumill at Midday". He then moved to 2SM in Sydney in a dual hosting role with George Moore and then 3XY in Melbourne with Joe Miller. He then made numerous TV appearances, wrote radio & TV columns for the Melbourne Truth and Sunday Observer newspapers the Perth Sunday Independent and Community Newspapers. He wrote the script for the 1977 Australian movie Blue Fire Lady.

Recent career

Maumill's broadcasts on 6PR were laced with edgy humour, laughter, jokes, interviews, biting satire, political commentary, feature interviews and lifestyle segments in a 3-hour timeslot. In 1992 Maumill won a Radio Industry Award for Best Current Affairs Programme ( Metropolitan