Mount Isa's flying Finn: The John Oravainen story

By Kim-Maree Burton
Updated September 26 2019 - 11:43am, first published 11:15am
John Oravainen, coach Don Talbot and Bill Burton in Ayr, at the Australian training camp for the 1962 Perth Commonwealth Games.
John Oravainen, coach Don Talbot and Bill Burton in Ayr, at the Australian training camp for the 1962 Perth Commonwealth Games.

John Oravainen embraced every young migrant's dream of a new life in Australia, with its abundant sunshine and summer sport.

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