John Yeomans (writer)

Australian journalist and writer

John Storie Yeomans

Born| (1916-05-15)15 May 1916[1]
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[2]
Died| 9 June 1995(1995-06-09) (aged 79)
Balgowlah Heights, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation| writer and journalist
Language| English
Nationality| Australian
Years active| 1969–1984

John Storie Yeomans (15 May 1916 – 9 June 1995) was an Australian journalist and writer.

## Career

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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]

## Works

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* Yeomans, John (1967), The scarce Australians, Longmans, retrieved 10 December 2016
* Yeomans, John (1973), The other Taj Mahal : what happened to the Sydney Opera House ([New ed.), Longman Australia, ISBN 978-0-582-71209-6
* Hornibrook Group; Yeomans, John (1973), Building the Sydney Opera House, [Hornibrook Group], ISBN 978-0-9598748-0-8
* Yeomans, John (1973), A guide to the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Opera House Trust, ISBN 9780909654016, retrieved 10 December 2016
* Yeomans, John (1978), The 20 best sights of Sydney, Collins, ISBN 978-0-00-216414-6
* Yeomans, John (1984), Harry, Angus & Robertson Publishers, ISBN 978-0-207-14886-6
* Yeomans, John (1987), Much curious pleasure : a novel, Angus & Robertson, ISBN 978-0-207-15470-6

## Notes

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1. ^ Obituary
2. ^ "John Yeomans". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ a b c Yeomans, John (1969), The Scarce Australians, Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0-14-002965-9
5. ^ Herald and Weekly Times (1967), John Yeomans [author of "The Scarce Australians"], retrieved 10 December 2016
6. ^ Herald and Weekly Times (1973), John Yeomans, retrieved 10 December 2016
7. ^ "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.