Australians Quotes

134 quotes by 101 authors

At the last census it indicated that about 22 per cent of Australians were born overseas. — Julie Bishop
People love events - they love performances, they love music - and I think Australians are great entertainers. — Cate Blanchett
As Australians, we see the law as inherently bad. We have a real inherent distaste for authority in our makeup. — Nick Cave
If you're Australian, you feel it in your bones because you're at odds with everybody else, except other Australians, in the sense that people always… — Nick Cave
Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that, of all the… — William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
For dash and gallantry the bloodthirsty Scots, Australians and Canadians led the way, with the impetuous Irish close behind. The Australian to my mind were… — Adrian Carton de Wiart
Citizenship has not delivered Indigenous Australians the same quality of life other Australians expect. Basic human rights involve health, housing, education, employment, economic opportunity, and… — Jackie Huggins
Only in sport? The qualification would seem meaningless to many Australians. What also is there that matters as much as sport? It is only in… — Donald Horne
Fair-goes are not only for oneself, but for underdogs. Even in international sporting matches Australians have been known to switch from their own side to… — Donald Horne
Australians are not given to applauding tragedy unless it is at a distance like Gallipoli or Cooper's Creek, and they prefer pure heroism to be… — Geoffrey Dutton
There is a timelessness about sport. Like music and art, it is a quality that cuts across generations and nations. It provides a link between… — Greg Hartung
It's an interesting thing in this country. I haven't won a gold medal, yet Australians still take me into their houses and hearts, they know… — Raelene Boyle
I suppose, because I am a sportsman and travel all over Australia, I see every day Australians doing small and large and often unnoticed deeds;… — Steve Waugh
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
These are challenging and exciting times. No previous generation of Australians has ever had such an opportunity. No other country in the world has such… — John Yu
But the people of the disaster area fundamentally needed to understand that the rest of Australia had noticed their misery and their stoicism and their… — Peter Cosgrove
The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia's history by righting the wrongs of the past and so… — Kevin Rudd
We are all here now and we have to solve our differences and live together as Australians... I will use the title you have honoured… — Lowitja O'Donoghue
These Australians hear the whispering in their heart and know it can only be silenced by coming to terms with the original owners of this… — Patrick Dodson
Investing intelligently in those of us who are marginalised means fewer people in jail, fewer homeless, fewer unemployed, fewer of us who are forlorn and… — Simon McKeon

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