Australians Quote by Graeme Murphy

I went to England in the '70s, and I was in my early 20s. There was still a residue of that era of being…

— Geoffrey Rush

“The enigma that had bothered me in Sydney was beginning to resolve itself. If Australians allowed themselves to be represented worldwide as a nation…

— Ted Simon

You have to remember that I was an Australian girl of the Fifties and Sixties. For Australians at that time, it was imperative to…

— Robyn Davidson

I am not part of that earlier Australian generation who set off on a deliberate search for fame and fortune in distant lands. My…

— Geraldine Brooks

The '40s were quite austere and super glamorous.

— Paul Weller

We had to leave Australia to become international stars.

— Barry Gibb

As an outsider, you don't think of Australia as being old-fashioned - it's only when you've been here for a period of time when…

— Boy George

With increasing frequency and growing vehemence, you hear people saying they are ashamed to be Australians.

— Hugh Mackay

Australia and Canada were settled by adventurers, they had to break new ground. I think that is indelibly etched on our cultural spirit.

— Tom Cochrane

We still had all our problems growing up as a struggling immigrant family, but Australia was like a breath of fresh air, literally. Playing…

— Jimmy Barnes

When I was young I never believed that Australia was anything else except blessed. I thought it was a little dull when I was…

— Clive James

Australia, to the rest of the world, is just far away, and Australia in the Thirties was the faraway of the faraway.

— Baz Luhrmann