#australia

I don't think of myself as either American or Australian really, I'm a true hybrid. It's a good thing for me because both of them are really good countries. ↗

— Mel Gibson

#american #australian #because #both #countries

I was at number one in Australia with both my album and my single. And then I was told I had cancer. I thought, 'What a strange turn of events.' ↗

— Delta Goodrem

#australia #both #cancer #events #had

I wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian children's entertainer on television called Ralph Harris and when I'd say my father was an actor, kids would say, you know, 'oh, is he Ralph Harris?' And I had to say no and then they would lose interest. ↗

— Jared Harris

#australian #aware #being #called #children

Get Miramax to send me down to Australia. I'd like to see it. ↗

— Walter Hill

#down #get #i #like #me

Well, I'm half Australian, half English and I live in London. That is the only reason I came upon this story. My Australian mother, Meredith Hooper, was invited in late 2007 by some Australian friends to make up a token Australian audience in a tiny fringe theater play reading of an unproduced, unrehearsed play called 'The King's Speech.' ↗

— Tom Hooper

#australian #called #came #english #friends

I played football when I was little. I didn't want to be an actress at all, I wanted to be a majorette in an Australian circus. That was my ambition. ↗

— Emmanuelle Beart

#ambition #australian #circus #football #i

Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner. ↗

— Catherine Helen Spence

#before #copper #corner #discovery #even

I had learned what wealth was, and a great deal about production and exchange for myself in the early history of South Australia - of the value of machinery, of roads and bridges, and of ports for transport and export. ↗

— Catherine Helen Spence

#australia #bridges #deal #early #exchange

Probably my mother's life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had any tendency to consumption, the climate must have helped me. ↗

— Catherine Helen Spence

#australia #beyond #climate #coming #consumption

South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections. ↗

— Catherine Helen Spence

#ballot #community #elections #first #give