What is it that makes us distinctly "Australian?" Is it our strength or our versatility? Is it our persistence or our fairness? Is it our tolerance or our courage? Or is it, last but not least, that maligned/heralded sense of Aussie "mateship?" This is the question that Marks attempts to answer in this fascinating tribute to the men and women who, in Marks' eyes, represent those innumerable and intangible qualities that makes us truly unique as a people and as a nation.
