Aboriginal Quote by Tony Abbott

There is a reason why the cultures of Indigenous Australia inspire such fascination. And that is that they represent a unique way of thinking…

— Kevin Rudd

“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

Australians are very provincial in many ways. If they feel that you've used them as a stepping stone to bigger things, they resent it.

— Graham Russell

Australians are decent people with the right instincts and they wish everybody well; but if all is not well, it is none of their…

— George Mikes

What we do to our native Australians, our own indigenous people, is nothing short of horrific.

— Peter Norman

There's been moments where I've felt, as an indigenous woman growing up in Australia, there's been that kind of rivalry of being indigenous... I've…

— Jessica Mauboy

There may not be a great job for [Aboriginal people] but whatever there is, they just have to do it, and if it’s picking…

— Tony Abbott

If you're becoming weary and disillusioned with Australian values, Judeo-Christian values or Western civilisation, I recommend strangers - they're such a glorious, redeeming wilderness…

— Michael Leunig

Australia turns out to be a sensational place, albeit one of the most comfortably racist places I've ever been in. They've really settled into…

— John Oliver

Australians are very unfair in this way. They spend half of any conversation insisting that the country's dangers are vastly overrated and that there's…

— Bill Bryson

Australians are a fantastic bunch of people but the attention can be overwhelming for someone like me.

— Cathy Freeman

I have travelled enough internationally to know and accept the reality that, overwhelmingly, people are well disposed to Australia but in truth know very…

— Julia Gillard