Australians have defied global economic gravity.

I've always been of the idea that is doesn't really matter where you are geographically - with 'Lonerism,' we made half the album in…

— Kevin Parker

In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did…

— George Orwell

I wanted to have a peaceful married life with my wife, so we both moved to Sydney in Australia.

— Rahul Roy

It will be nice to play against Australia. It's a great country, and football is getting bigger and bigger.

— Juan Mata

We don't have any sailors in Australia, we have rowers.

— Ben Lexcen

I think that prosecuting some college kid because she shared a file is a lot like sending somebody to Australia 200 years ago for…

— Iggy Pop

Sydney CBD is the eastern city, Parramatta is the central city and Badgerys will be the third city in greater Sydney.

— Gladys Berejiklian

No matter what day we celebrate Australia Day, let's celebrate it together and give thanks to the original inhabitants of this vast country. We…

— Jimmy Barnes

As a young kid you stay up late to watch the Ashes, getting told off for not being in bed, and dream of making…

— Jonny Bairstow

I love coming out to Australia, if it weren't so far away I would go all the time. I've worked with a lot of…

— Erick Morillo

What I appreciated was the fact that the script delved into how Australians were - and still are - condescended to by the English.

— Geoffrey Rush

Okay the names 360, I run around tipsy. My fellas in Australia all sit with me.

— 360

Coal is the moral choice, particularly for the developing world... The model for the world right now should be Australia. Australia gets it. Scientifically…

— Marc Morano

I want to be part of the team that wins a Test series in England and Australia.

— Gautam Gambhir

I was brought up in a Christian home in Australia with a father who was very bold about his faith.

— Ken Ham