词条 | John Yeomans |
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| name = John Yeomans | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1916 | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|06|09|1916|01|01|df=yes}} | death_place = Balgowlah Heights, New South Wales, Australia | occupation = writer and journalist | language = English | nationality = Australian | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | notableworks = | awards = | years_active = 1969–1984 }} John Yeomans (1916–1995) was an Australian journalist and writer. CareerDuring the 1960s and later, he wrote a range of books about Australia, Sydney and Sydney Opera House.[1] His most well-known book was written about his trip around Australia, The Scarce Australians, published by Penguin in 1969.[2][3][4] The book was based on a journey undertaken between May and September 1965.[2]{{rp|22-29}} The dust-jacket of the Penguin edition of The Scarce Australians summarizes the authors life and journalistic career thus:[2] Born and educated in Sydney...AIF field artillery subaltern in WWII... sub-editor in Fleet Street ...copy-editor in Canada ...staff correspondent for Australian papers in New York and London... sometime resident in Middle East and Papua In 1978 he was in an accident where he almost lost an arm.[5] Works
Notes1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131791375 |title=Utzon the image maker |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=43, |issue=12,344 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=21 June 1969 |accessdate=10 December 2016 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yeomans, John}}2. ^1 2 {{Citation | author1=Yeomans, John | title=The Scarce Australians | publication-date=1969 | publisher=Penguin Books | isbn=978-0-14-002965-9 }} 3. ^{{Citation | author1=Herald and Weekly Times | title=John Yeomans [author of "The Scarce Australians"] | publication-date=1967 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/167571262 | accessdate=10 December 2016 }} 4. ^{{Citation | author1=Herald and Weekly Times | title=John Yeomans | publication-date=1973 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/167571261 | accessdate=10 December 2016 }} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110916327 |title=Almost lost arm, gets job |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=53, |issue=15,728 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=14 October 1978 |accessdate=10 December 2016 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}} 4 : Writers from Sydney|Australian journalists|1916 births|1995 deaths |
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