Cyril Ayris
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Cyril Ayris is an author and journalist from Western Australia
who specialises in writing books on important historical subjects. He has won two Arthur Lovekin Prize in Journalism
awards.
His books include:
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
who specialises in writing books on important historical subjects. He has won two Arthur Lovekin Prize in Journalism
Arthur Lovekin Prize in Journalism
The Arthur Lovekin Prize in Journalism is an annual journalism award in Western Australia. Named after journalist and politician Arthur Lovekin, it has been awarded since 1929. It is administered by the University of Western Australia...
awards.
His books include:
- Fremantle PrisonFremantle PrisonFremantle Prison is a former Australian prison located in The Terrace, Fremantle, in Western Australia. The site includes the prison, gatehouse, perimeter walls, cottages, tunnels, and prisoner art...
: A brief history (1985) - John ForrestJohn ForrestSir John Forrest GCMG was an Australian explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament....
: Man of legend (1986) ISBN 0646300121 - C.Y. O'Connor: The man for the time (1996)
- ANZACSAustralian and New Zealand Army CorpsThe Australian and New Zealand Army Corps was a First World War army corps of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force that was formed in Egypt in 1915 and operated during the Battle of Gallipoli. General William Birdwood commanded the corps, which comprised troops from the First Australian Imperial...
at GallipoliBattle of GallipoliThe Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign or the Battle of Gallipoli, took place at the peninsula of Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916, during the First World War...
(1997) - All the Bull's men : No. 2 Australian Independent Company (2/2nd Commando Squadron) (1997)
- Bob Marshall: My Life and Times
- Duty done / Colin Russell Leith as told to Cyril Ayris.
- Squadron-Leader Robert Milton MC : the man who stayed behind : a biography as told to Cyril Ayris.
- A question of duty : a biography as told to Cyril Ayris / [by] Alan King.
- Dave the brave / as told by Cyril Ayris (David DicksDavid DicksDavid Dicks OAM CitWA, is an Australian sailor. He became the youngest person to sail non-stop and solo around the world. In February 1996, at the age of 17, he set out from Fremantle, Western Australia in his family's 10m S&S 34 sloop named 'Seaflight'...
) ISBN 0646307193 - Leeuwin LighthouseCape LeeuwinCape Leeuwin is the most south-westerly mainland point of the Australian Continent, in the state of Western Australia.A few small islands and rocks, the St Alouarn Islands, extend further to the south. The nearest settlement, north of the cape, is Augusta. South-east of Cape Leeuwin, the coast...
- A Brief History (1996) ISBN 0646277871 - Gulf to Gulf - The Long Walk : Jeff Johnson, as told to Cyril Ayris (2009) ISBN 9780646508788