Australia Quote by Morris Gleitzman

We moved, and there was a golden era in the '40s when we were so conscious of who we were as Australians.

— Graeme Murphy

I grew up in austerity in the 1940s and 1950s.

— David Hockney

“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

I actually did try to emigrate to Australia a long time ago.

— Rick Nielsen

I was 12-13 years old, nobody knows the sort of life I had. We came to Australia with basically nothing. It was tough.

— Bernard Tomic

Australia was a very different world and culture from the one I left in Europe. Life was much more spread out. People drove everywhere.…

— Andreja Pejic

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

I was born in the '60s and grew up in the '70s - not exactly the best decade for food in British history. It…

— Heston Blumenthal

In 1958, we decided to go to Australia. We were there for six months, and all the shows went well.

— Ernie Wise

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 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

Coming to Australia, it was just really magical for me. It just had the wow factor of a different sort of place and, more…

— Saroo Brierley