“In a way Australia is like Catholicism. The company is sometimes questionable and the landscape is grotesque. But you always come back.” WaySometimesCompanyCatholicLandscapeAustraliaCatholicismGrotesqueQuestionable Author:Thomas Keneally
“And I liked pluralist Australia. I got a taste for pluralist Australia. I like, I like Australians and I can't believe that they're going to go to hell because they tell a good dirty joke, you know.” KnowsBelieveI CanHellTasteJokesDirtyAustraliaGo To HellDirty Jokes Author:Thomas Keneally
“Australia integrated the - brought on the ships and unleashed in the society the dogs of sectarianism, which had existed in other places - in Glasgow, in Liverpool and of course in Ireland, north and south.” CoursesDogSouthShipsAustraliaIrelandIntegratedLiverpoolSectarianismUnleashedGlasgowNorth And South Author:Thomas Keneally
“But in practice Australia - the pluralism of Australia - sorry the sectarianism to an extent stopped at the time you took your uniform off after coming home from school.” HomeSchoolPracticeSorryAustraliaComing HomeUniformsSectarianismI Am SorryAm SorryPluralism Author:Thomas Keneally
“So nonetheless given the importance that was placed on sport in Australia, I wanted to be part of that scene, particularly since I had felt very strongly in my early schooling being marginalised even in the Catholic school.” WantedSchoolGivenFeltSportsSceneImportanceCatholicAustraliaVery StrongSchoolingCatholic School Author:Thomas Keneally
