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Quotable Quotes – The
Giants doco re Bob Brown
This edition, our Quotable Quotes come from
The Giants documentary about Australian
Environmentalist Bob Brown.
The documentary is currently available to watch on
Netflix in Australia, as of June 2024.
Bob Brown, founder of the Australian Greens party:
“Defiance is defying the impulse to feel it’s all too much. Don’t get depressed. Get active.”
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“As soon as I left the Senate, I set up the Bob Brown Foundation to take action for the Tarkine. For
Australia’s forests. For its oceans. The Tarkine is the biggest temperate rainforest in Australia, which has
been marauded and targeted by both loggers and by mining enterprise.”
Theresa Sainty, Pakana Woman, Aboriginal Linguist, Lutruwita/Tasmania:
“…it rips your heart out to see our country being torn apart in that way. It’s up to the Aboriginal
community now who have survived to protect our country from atrocities like the building of mines, the
cutting down of our family members, the trees. We can’t do all of it on our own.”
Theresa Sainty, Pakana Woman, Aboriginal Linguist, Lutruwita/Tasmania:
“And you see our people standing there with these other fellas that go out there and stand in the front
line and you see our flag fly, and that makes my heart big. I said, “Bob, nina richi palma. You are number
one white man.” We have managed this continent for millennia. That’s old, old knowledge deeply
connected to country. We had the answers and
we’ve still got the answers. Ask us and we might
take you on that journey with us and we might
share that knowledge with you. Takayna is stolen
Aboriginal land. Return Tayayna. Return Takayna
to Tasmanian Aboriginal people.”
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Bob Brown:
“In just my single lifetime, 70% of the
world’s wildlife has been lost due to
human destruction….. My great-
grandchildren come to me in dreams.
“What did you do when the planet was
plundered? What did you do when earth
was unravelling? Surely you did
something when the seasons were failing.
When the mammals, the reptiles, the
birds were dying. When democracy was
stolen? What did you do once you
knew?” “
Melbourne Indie Choir The Seed chorus lyrics:
“You cannot eat money, oh no
You cannot eat money, oh no
When the last tree has fallen and the rivers are poisoned you cannot eat money.”
Take action to save our forests: www.thegiantsfilm.com
