‘That dreadful Eureka episode seems more

like a disturbed dream than an actual

historical reality.’

Age, 12 SEPTEMBER, 1856

‘Every history of every country is a mirror of

the author’s own interests and therefore selective

rather than comprehensive.’

GEOFFREY BLAINEY,

The Tyranny of Distance, 1966

‘Well-behaved women seldom make history.’

PROFESSOR LAUREL THATCHER ULRICH,

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 2007