#australian

As nations we should also commit afresh to righting past wrongs. In Australia we began this recently with the first Australians - the oldest continuing culture in human history. On behalf of the Australian Parliament, this year I offered an apology to indigenous Australians for the wrongs they had suffered in the past. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

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What I appreciated was the fact that the script delved into how Australians were - and still are - condescended to by the English. ↗

— Geoffrey Rush

#australians #condescended #delved #english #fact

On average, the Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese are more similar to each other and are different from Australians, Israelis and the Swedes, who in turn are similar to each other and are different from Nigerians, Kenyans, and Jamaicans. ↗

— J. Philippe Rushton

#average #chinese #different #each #israelis

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

#bigger #feel #many #provincial #resent

Our South Australian farmers left their holdings in the hands of their wives and children too young to take with them, but almost all of them returned to grow grain and produce to send to Victoria. ↗

— Catherine Helen Spence

#australian #children #farmers #grain #grow

I don't think I ever worked harder at any match during my career to get runs as I did then, nor did I ever have to face in one game such consistently fast bowlers as the Australian pair, Gregory and McDonald. ↗

— Frank Woolley

#australian #bowlers #career #consistently #did

As you know, the Australian Labour Party is committed to turning the country into a republic. We've not stipulated a timeline for doing that. We are sensitive to the other priorities we've got as a nation and in the world, but in time the country will head in that direction. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#committed #country #direction #doing #got

We apologise for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians. We apologise especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, their communities and their country. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#apologise #australians #children #communities #country

Australians are geniuses with a good sense of humour. ↗

— Fred Schneider

#geniuses #good #good sense #humour #sense

I support all Australian films. ↗

— Yahoo Serious

#films #i #support