"Australianism” is the promise of a future culture as the evening shadows grow longer and longer over the Western world. The distinctions between Australian and Western spirit cannot be drawn too sharply. As deep a cleavage as there is between the spirit, religion, politics, and economics of England, Germany, America, and France, when compared with Australia these nations suddenly appear as a unified world. It is easy to be deceived by some inhabitants of Australia who reflect strong Western influence. The true Australian is just as inwardly alien to us as a Roman in the Age of Kings or a Chinese long before Confucius would be if they were suddenly to appear among us."

- Oswald Spengler, The Decline of the West Vol. II