Cyril Ayris is an author from Western Australia who has, after a long career in journalism, written books with both topical and historical subjects.
Originally a journalist, he had won two Arthur Lovekin Prize in Journalism awards. He was a journalist with The West Australian newspaper in Perth.[1][2] His stories were at stages also carried in other newspapers.[3][4][5][6]
Most items published by him after the 1990s list his status as Cyril Ayris freelance.[7]
His books include:
- Fremantle Prison: A brief history (1985)[8]
- John Forrest: Man of legend (1986)[9]
- C. Y. O'Connor: The man for the time (1996)[10][11]
- ANZACS at Gallipoli (1997)[12]
- All the Bull's men : No. 2 Australian Independent Company (2/2nd Commando Squadron) (1997)[13][14]
- Bob Marshall: My Life and Times
- Duty done / Colin Russell Leith as told to Cyril Ayris[15]
- Squadron-Leader Robert Milton MC : the man who stayed behind : a biography as told to Cyril Ayris[16]
- A question of duty : a biography as told to Cyril Ayris / [by] Alan King[17]
- Dave the brave / as told by Cyril Ayris (David Dicks)[18]
- Leeuwin Lighthouse - A Brief History (1996)[19]
- A Heritage ingrained : a history of Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd. 1933-2000 (1999)[20]
- Gulf to Gulf - The Long Walk : Jeff Johnson, as told to Cyril Ayris (2009)[21]
References
edit- ^ https://probussouthpacific.org/microsites/mandurahpeel/--_Guest_Speakers Guest Speaker Cyril Ayris
- ^ Ayris, Cyril (4 June 1979), "A town no more: Cadoux quake toll put at $1.5m", West Australian (4 June 1979): 1–3, retrieved 25 February 2020
- ^ "In the second part of his look at Aborigines in WA, Cyril Ayris finds there is hope for peace in the future — through the young. Children bridge cultural divides". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 June 1989. p. 18. Retrieved 25 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "MAGAZINE". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 July 1989. p. 23. Retrieved 25 February 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ Ayris, Cyril (3 July 1982), "The Perth Mint caper: a con trick with class", Sydney Morning Herald (3 July 1982): 31, ISSN 0312-6315
- ^ Ayris, Cyril (13 June 1992), "Carving up the Kimberley. -The mystery of the Mitchell Plateau skulls has become part of the land rights war building up in the Kimberley-", Mercury (Hobart, Tas) (13 June 1992): 17–18, ISSN 1039-9992
- ^ Ayris, Cyril (1997), Anzacs at Gallipoli, Cyril Ayris Freelance, ISBN 978-0-646-33813-2
- ^ Ayris, Cyril; Gibbs, Wendy (1995), Fremantle Prison : a brief history, Cyril Ayris Freelance, ISBN 978-0-646-26629-9
- ^ Ayris, Cyril (1996), John Forrest : man of legend, Cyril Ayris Freelance, ISBN 978-0-646-30012-2
- ^ Ayris, Cyril (1996), C.Y. O'Connor : the man for the time, Cyril Ayris Freelance?, ISBN 978-0-646-29101-7
- ^ Ayris, Cyril; Cyril Ayris Freelance (2004), C.Y.O'Connor : a brief biography, Cyril Ayris Freelance, ISBN 978-0-9578853-4-9
- ^ Ayris, Cyril (1997), Anzacs at Gallipoli, Cyril Ayris Freelance, ISBN 978-0-646-33813-2
- ^ Ayris, Cyril; 2/2 Commando Association (2006), All the Bull's men : no. 2 Australian Independent Company (2/2nd Commando Squadron), 2/2nd Commando Association, ISBN 978-0-646-45824-3
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Daley, Paul (6 February 2007), "All the Bull's Men: No. 2 Australian Independent Company.(Book review)", The Bulletin with Newsweek, 125 (6555), A C P Computer Publications: 69(1), ISSN 1440-7485
- ^ Leith, Colin Russell; Ayris, Cyril, 1935- (2001), Duty done, C. Ayris, ISBN 978-0-9578853-0-1
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Milton, Robert (Robert Arthur Eric); Ayris, Cyril, 1935- (1994), Squadron-Leader Robert Milton MC : the man who stayed behind : a biography as told to Cyril Ayris, PK Print, ISBN 978-0-646-20019-4
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ King, Alan Joseph; Ayris, Cyril (2004), A question of duty : a biography as told to Cyril Ayris, Alan King, ISBN 978-0-646-43141-3
- ^ Dicks, David; Ayris, Cyril, 1935-; Cyril Ayris Freelance (1997), Dave the brave, Cyril Ayris Freelance, ISBN 978-0-646-30719-0
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Ayris, Cyril (1996), Leeuwin Lighthouse : a brief history, Cyril Ayris Freelance, ISBN 978-0-646-27787-5
- ^ Ayris, Cyril; Cooperative Bulk Handling Ltd (1999), A Heritage ingrained : a history of Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd. 1933-2000, Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd, ISBN 978-0-646-38283-8
- ^ Johnson, Jeff; Ayris, Cyril, 1935- (2009), Gulf to gulf : the long walk, Jeff Johnson, ISBN 978-0-646-50878-8
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