The aboriginal women leaders of Papunya - the Papunya Artists - performed a dance for me: the Honey Ant dance. They'd never done it for anyone else. They honoured me with a ceremonial stick that signifies the story of the… — Quentin Bryce Copy Share Image
The thing we often forget to talk about, or perhaps we take for granted, is our country’s dazzling beauty. Our natural environment is so… — Quentin Bryce Copy Share Image
Begun as a girl from a little country town in central western Queensland, inspired by noble ideas of justice, about fairness, about making the… — Quentin Bryce Copy Share Image
Livelihoods and whole communities throughout the Murray-Darling Basin have been imperilled by the workings of drought, fire, flood, acid mud and human action over many decades. In the rescues and the cleanups and the long hauls, I see the same attitude over and again. People just rally and get on with it. — Quentin Bryce Copy Share
I didn't have any Indigenous friends until I was in my 30s, and I'll always remember and be inspired by the remarkable friendship I… — Quentin Bryce Copy Share Image
I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has true equality… — Quentin Bryce Copy Share Image
I've never owned a pair of jeans, but I had a fantastic denim boiler-suit and it got a lot of wearing. — Quentin Bryce Copy Share Image
For a very long time now I've been saying to young women, 'You can have it all, but not all at the same time.'… — Quentin Bryce Copy Share Image
Yes, you can have it all, but not all at the same time. Set your own priorities, trust your gut and follow your heart. — Quentin Bryce Copy Share Image
I believe the old boys' network is a powerful one. No one gives up power and privilege willingly, do they? — Quentin Bryce Copy Share Image
One of the most enjoyable things I do at Government House and when I travel around Australia is to talk with children. I tell… — Quentin Bryce Copy Share Image
The bonds that women share around the world, wherever we come from, they're very powerful and they have an ease of communication because we… — Quentin Bryce Copy Share Image
My mother played the piano and my father the violin, I can remember my dad teaching me how to waltz; I had my feet… — Quentin Bryce Copy Share Image
