#australia

It so happened that I was on a German sailing vessel on the way to Australia when the ship was captured, and on the high seas I was made prisoner by the French. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#captured #french #german #happened #high

As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager to develop a perfect society, in the land of our adoption. ↗

— Catherine Helen Spence

#australia #bond #develop #eager #expanding

This book that I just wrote is going to be coming out very soon to Australia. ↗

— Ronald Biggs

#book #coming #going #i #just

I think we are going to see exciting cricket all the way. We are watching the two best teams in the world-and I think England will eventually go on to pip Australia by a single Test. ↗

— Ian Botham

#best #cricket #england #eventually #exciting

To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport. ↗

— Ian Botham

#because #live #me #success #ultimate

My greatest honour was to be included in the Australian Olympic team in 1992, 1996 and hopefully 2000. ↗

— Rhonda Cator

#greatest #honour #hopefully #included #olympic

I think Australians like a bit of vulgarity. ↗

— Julian Clary

#bit #i #i think #like #think

Unlike New Zealand, which has nothing especially predatory, Australia is full of spiders and crocodiles and all kinds of animals that will eat you and sting you. ↗

— Brian Cox

#crocodiles #eat #especially #full #kinds

It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#common #english #how #much #only

And living in Australia I am relatively well off. ↗

— Peter Garrett

#australia #i #i am #living #off