Australia (film)

"Just because it is, doesn't mean it should be."

"Most people like to own things. You know, land, luggage, other people. Makes them feel secure. But all that can be taken away. And in the end, the only thing you really own is your story. Just tryin' to live a good one."

"There's only one thing cattle fear more than a man on a horse, and that's a man standing on his own two feet, staring him right between the eyes."

"Title Card: After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on the 7th of December 1944, the Imperial Japanese Navy steamed south, unleashing their fire on Darwin, a city in the northern territory of Australia. 'The territory' was a land of crocodiles, cattle barons, and warrior chiefs where adventure and romance was a way of life. It was also a place where aboriginal children of mixed race were taken by force from their families and trained for service in white society. These children became known as the stolen generations."

"Nullah: When Mrs. Boss first come to this land, she look but she not see. Now, she got her eye open for the first time."

"Magarri: If you've got no love in your heart, you've got nothing... No dreaming, not story, nothing."

"Nicole Kidman - Lady Sarah Ashley"

"Hugh Jackman - Drover"

"David Wenham - Neil Fletcher"

"Bryan Brown - Lesley 'King' Carney"

"Jack Thompson - Kipling Flynn"

"David Gulpilil - King George"

"Brandon Walters - Nullah"

"David Ngoombujarra - Magarri (final film role)"

"Ben Mendelsohn - Captain Emmett Dutton"

"Essie Davis - Catherine 'Cath' Carney Fletcher"

"Barry Otto - Administrator Allsop"