#australian

But re-reading Voss also demonstrates again that although White wasn't 'a nice man', and indeed was—perhaps rightly—scathingly dismissive of my and other Australian writers' work and origins unless they were his friends, he was a genius, and Voss one of the finest works of the modernist era and of the past century. ↗

— Thomas Keneally

#australian-literature #friendship #literature #modernism #nastiness

I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#been #feel #i #i feel #i feel like

Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers. ↗

— Julia Gillard

#conviction #given #know #nature #overstatement

The idea of having Australians upset at me is just awful. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#awful #having #idea #just #me

Although I'm Australian, I find myself much more in sympathy with the Austrian version! ↗

— David Chalmers

#australian #austrian #find #i #more

Even the Australians don't know how beautiful their own country is. Particularly where we were shooting 'The Straits.' Most of my stuff was done on an aboriginal settlement on the south shore, opposite Cairns, which I believe was the site where the last person was eaten in Australia. ↗

— Brian Cox

#australia #australians #beautiful #believe #country

If politicians continue to promote separatism in Australia, they should not continue to hold their seats in this parliament. They are not truly representing all Australians, and I call on the people to throw them out. ↗

— Pauline Hanson

#australians #call #continue #hold #i

This game is something Australians really look forward to. ↗

— Matthew Hayden

#forward #game #look #really #something

Australians are coffee snobs. An influx of Italian immigrants after World War II ensured that - we probably had the word 'cappuccino' about 20 years before America. Cafe culture is really big for Aussies. We like to work hard, but we take our leisure time seriously. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#after #america #australians #before #big

I try to use the Australian idiom to its maximum advantage. ↗

— Paul Keating

#australian #i #idiom #maximum #try