"Australia without the Irish would be unthinkable... unimaginable... unspeakable."
— Paul Keating

January 1, 1970

Quote Details

Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Added on April 10, 2026
Unverified quote
0 likes
Social democratsCatholics from AustraliaPrime Ministers of AustraliaEconomists from AustraliaPoliticians from Sydney
Original Language: English

Sources

Speaking in 1992, as quoted in "Ned Kelly and 'Mary Poppins' writer among top Irish-Australians" by Pádraig Collins, in The Irish Times (19 August 2009)