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“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 mustn't judge Australia by the Australians.”

— Dame Edna Everage

What I'm trying to do as an Australian is to say to people, 'You've got to go back out to Australia,' because there are…

— John Torode

“Don’t take this the wrong way, but Australians have a LOT of bitches on their cashola.”

— Elle Lothlorien

“Australia was not Britain, and its law would not be just British.”

— Daron Acemoğlu

Who says Australia offers not a home for every poor Englishman, or any other countryman that finds his way to our shores? And what…

— Henry Lawson

“Australians say 'pissed off.' Pissed means drunk. Piss is alcohol. To take the piss--that means to send someone up, make fun of them.”

— Geraldine Brooks

The idea of having Australians upset at me is just awful.

— Craig Ferguson

It's my mission to tell the Australians from abroad in my work that Australia is a wonderful place.

— Clive James

“This whole Australia gig is about getting away from all that shit, not finding another pile of it.”

— Georgia Cates

In a way Australia is like Catholicism. The company is sometimes questionable and the landscape is grotesque. But you always come back.

— Thomas Keneally

“Is this the message 'save yer own skin at all costs'? Because if that's the message, no wonder America's in the state it's in.…

— E. Van Lowe