Aboriginal People Quotes
19 quotes by 13 authors
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The problem with politicians getting to know the issues in indigenous townships is that we tend to suffer from what Aboriginal people call the 'seagull…
— Tony Abbott
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I wasn't aware of the impact that I had made on the lives of Aboriginal people until I did a bit of travelling and visited…
— Lionel Rose
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I want to be a positive role model, especially for kids and Aboriginal people... When people see me, often all they see is another Australian…
— Cathy Freeman
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I have been told many times that when I win I make my people proud to be Australian. I am Aboriginal, I am one of…
— Cathy Freeman
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Unfortunately for many Aboriginal people, of course, they've been in the situation of being herded on government reserves. Their own responsibility's been assumed by Protectors…
— Lowitja O'Donoghue
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We as Aboriginal people still have to fight to prove that we are straight out plain human beings, the same as everyone else. You know,…
— Neville Bonner
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What is important is that I have been able to demonstrate to other women and also to Aboriginal people generally that Aboriginal people are capable…
— Pat O'Shane
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In Western Australia, minerals are being dug up from Aboriginal land and shipped to China for a profit of a billion dollars a week. In…
— John Pilger
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There may not be a great job for [Aboriginal people] but whatever there is, they just have to do it, and if it’s picking up…
— Tony Abbott
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Now, I know that there are some Aboriginal people who aren’t happy with Australia Day. For them it remains Invasion Day. I think a better…
— Tony Abbott
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What I would like to see is sufficiently good education and health services being delivered to Aboriginal people so that they are prepared and ready…
— Tony Abbott
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Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country's British heritage
— Tony Abbott
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Australia's treatment of her Aboriginal people will be the thing on which the world will judge Australia and Australians - Not just now, but in…
— Gough Whitlam
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My family came to Australia on the First Fleet. My family’s been in that country for a long time, over 100 years. If your family’s…
— Iggy Azalea
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The concepts of community and community life, have since the Dreaming, always held special significance for Aboriginal people because both provided the physical, cultural, spiritual…
— Ken Wyatt
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As Aboriginal people we have always retained our resilience, our humour and our cultural integrity - we will always retain our dreams and a vision…
— Ken Wyatt
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Aboriginal people are key because they have a different sense of where we belong and how we interact with nature.
— David Suzuki
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I had spent some time in the outback, but to meet Aboriginals and work with them was wonderful. It gave me a great appreciation of…
— Hugh Jackman
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Our prime minister could embrace and forgive the people who killed our beloved sons and fathers, and so he should, but he could not, would…
— Peter Carey
Who Wrote These Aboriginal People Quotes
13 authors contributed a total of 19 Aboriginal People Quotes as follows: