Ten Remarkable Australians

A collection of short biographies of ten remarkable Australians who deserved to be better known. In fact most were well known, even famous at one stage in twentieth-century history, but have since been largely forgotten. Ian Macfarlane seeks to learn more about these people and their achievements, giving the modern reader an opportunity to discover them too.

"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