Aborigines Quote by Ambrose Bierce

The number of those identifying as Aborigine in Tasmania rapidly rose in the late 20th century.

— Richard Flanagan

Aborigines are not just the oldest race in Australia; they are the oldest race on the planet. They look like dinosaurs.

— Marina Abramovic

If Australia is The Lucky Country, the Aborigines must be the unluckiest people in the world.

— Frank Hardy

The pious ones of Plymouth who, reaching the Rock, first fell upon their own knees and then upon the aborigines.

— William M. Evarts

“Australian aborigines, surprisingly, turn out to be a race unlike any other. They and their relatives in New Guinea have no trace in their…

— Nicholas Wade

“We were born to be friends. We both knew it. The Australian Aborigines have the traditional belief that a complete human being comprises two…

— John Grant

“offers numerous cautionary tales of kingdoms, cultures, and empires that squandered their soil and found themselves with nothing left to live on. From the…

— Judith D. Schwartz

I have the greatest respect for Aborigine people, to whom I owe everything. The time I spent with members of the Pijantjatjara and Pintupi…

— Marina Abramovic

“The Australian aborigines, reckoned to be among the most primitive of races upon evidence that is far from conclusive, have a region that is…

— Olaf Ruhen

In the late 19th century, the theory that the Aborigines were an inferior race that was doomed to die out became accepted as fact.

— Richard Flanagan

Unlike some mainland black groups, Tasmanian Aborigines now have no traditional tribal culture left. It was taken from them with great violence and great…

— Richard Flanagan

“In an earlier stage of our development most human groups held to a tribal ethic. Members of the tribe were protected, but people of…

— Peter Singer