Australia Quotes

“For the first time, we have a nation for a continent, and a continent for a nation.”

“We have now seen the whole of the east coast of New Holland... and may now be able to give some account of its produce and people.”

“Australia is an island, but we are not an island of isolationism.”

“My focus is on our national interest. My focus is on what is best for Australia.”

“Aboriginals are not just another pressure group. They are the original Australians and they have been the most deprived and the most ignored.”

“The great Australian loneliness.”

“The interests of Australia are paramount.”

“And the sun sank again on the grand Australian bush—the bush with no horizon, where the faint blue gums grew waving above the face of the scrub.”

“The heat was intense, and the flies were a perfect pest.”

“Australia has an opportunity to create a new and more relevant role for herself in the world.”

“We must be a nation that is confident, that is creative, that is optimistic.”

“I think the Australian sense of humour is very dry, and we're very self-deprecating.”

“I come from a country of storytellers. We're a nation of bullshit artists.”

“I think an Australian sense of humor is very dry.”

“I am a product of the Australian bush, and I have never lost my love for it.”

“Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that happened to Australian music.”

“And now being clear of all the islands, we stood off south, intending to touch at New Holland.”

“I think the Australian people are very savvy about politics and they can smell a fake from a mile off.”

“A cricket tour in Australia would be a most delightful period in one's life if one was deaf, dumb and blind.”

“Australians are very provincial in many ways. You are either a Sydney-sider or a Melbournian.”