Ten Remarkable Australians

An outstanding achievement: the forgotten heroes of Australia's great era of adventure and creativity brought to life . -- Lindsay Tanner 'Today, even well-informed readers have probably not heard of most of these names. As a life-long historian, I must confess that I had not heard of one life vividly narrated in this book: George Finch's. We learn that he excelled at two completely unrelated activities - mountaineering and science - when most of us cannot achieve even one . His fame has been eclipsed by a member of the next generation of Finchs, Peter Finch the actor...I found the book engaging as well as revealing.' -- Geoffrey Blainey