Aborigines Quotes

14 quotes by 11 authors

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
Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do… — Charles Darwin
Toward the aborigines of the country no one can indulge a more friendly feeling than myself, or would go further in attempting to reclaim them… — Andrew Jackson
The pious ones of Plymouth who, reaching the Rock, first fell upon their own knees and then upon the aborigines. — William M. Evarts
It is time to ask: are we Aborigines a serious people? â€¦ Do we have the seriousness necessary to maintain our languages, traditions and knowledge?… — Noel Pearson
If Australia is The Lucky Country, the Aborigines must be the unluckiest people in the world. — Frank Hardy
Aborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize. — Ambrose Bierce
One thing is certain: the call of Christ is always a promotion. Were Christ to call a king from his throne to preach the gospel… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The darkest secret of this country, I am afraid, is that too many of its citizens imagine that they belong to a much higher civilization… — Kurt Vonnegut
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
I have met Aborigines younger than me who used to hide every time anyone official came round their camp for fear of being taken away. — Richard Flanagan
Nothing seemed to offer more striking proof to the late Victorian mind of the infernal truth of social Darwinism than the supposed demise of the… — 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 rapidity. — Richard Flanagan
There were a couple Aborigines in my primary school, but we never spoke to them. They kept to themselves, and we never really even locked… — Phillip Noyce

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