Complete Quote by Jared Diamond

My grandparents would never admit to being Tasmanian, but I think it's really great and funny. But I guess, in the past, Tasmanians just…

— Jessie Cave

There's something about Australia that feels prehistoric.

— Carrie Coon

Nothing seemed to offer more striking proof to the late Victorian mind of the infernal truth of social Darwinism than the supposed demise of…

— 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

Do Tasmanian devils really exist?

— Tom Cochrane

Ignorant of history, we find it easy to accept our isolation from one another. We are more able to recognize differences than shared experiences…

— Linda Simon

“45,000 Sapiens settle Australia. Extinction of Australian megafauna. 30,000 Extinction of Neanderthals. 16,000 Sapiens settle America. Extinction of American megafauna.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

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

— Richard Flanagan

“THE GREATEST MYSTERY OF ALL TIME… THE HISTORY OF HUMAN ORIGINS… WILL BE REVEALED. 70,000 years ago, the human race almost went extinct. We…

— A.G. Riddle

I've always enjoyed mixing and mingling with the Tasmanian community and that's, if you like, the bread and butter of politics. And from my…

— Eric Abetz

Australia is the most isolated continent.

— Jared Diamond

When the first humans reached Australia about 45,000 years ago, they quickly drove to extinction 90% of its large animals. This was the first…

— Yuval Noah Harari