Aussie historian, author & entertainer Jim Haynes joins Overnight each week for his unique knowledge of the not-so-famous characters from Australia’s history. This week Jim shines the spotlight on George Morrison – The Most Important Australian Ever.

George Ernest Morrison (4 February 1862 – 30 May 1920) was, and possibly still is, far and away the most important Australian who ever strode the planet.

He was an Australian journalist, political adviser to and representative of the government of the Republic of China during the First World War and owner of the then largest Asiatic library ever assembled.

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