During the 1960s and later, he wrote a range of books about Australia, Sydney and Sydney Opera House.[3]
His most well-known book was written about his trip around Australia, The Scarce Australians, published by Penguin in 1969.[4][5][6] The book was based on a journey undertaken between May and September 1965.[4]: 22–29 The dust-jacket of the Penguin edition of The Scarce Australians summarizes the authors life and journalistic career thus:[4]
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.[7]
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^"Utzon the image maker". The Canberra Times. Vol. 43, no. 12, 344. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 June 1969. p. 13. Retrieved 10 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^Herald and Weekly Times (1973), John Yeomans, retrieved 10 December 2016
^"Almost lost arm, gets job". The Canberra Times. Vol. 53, no. 15, 728. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 October 1978. p. 12. Retrieved 10 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.