John Yeomans

John Yeomans (1916–1995) was an Australian journalist and writer.

He wrote in the 1960s and later a range of books about Australia, Sydney and Sydney Opera House.

His most well known book was written about his trip around Australia - 'The scarce Australians'

The trip which was the source of material for the book was conducted between May and September 1965.

The blurb in the Penguin edition of the "Scarce Australians" summarizes the authors life and journalistic career:

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.