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I came from the dream time, from the dusty red soil plains, |
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I am the ancient heart - the keeper of the flame, |
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I stood upon the rocky shore, I watched the tall ships come, |
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For forty thousand years I'd been the first Australian. |
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We are one but we are many |
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And from all the lands on earth we come, |
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we share a dream, |
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And sing with one voice, |
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I am, you are, we are Australian. |
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I came upon the prison ship bound down by iron chains |
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I cleared the land, endured the lash and waited for the rains. |
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I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife on a dry and barren run |
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A convict then a free man, I became Australian. |
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I'm the daughter of a digger who sought the mother lode |
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The girl became a woman on the long and dusty road |
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I'm a child of the depression, I saw the good times come |
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I'm a bushy, I'm a battler, I am Australian. |
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We are one but we are many |
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And from all the lands on earth we come, |
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we share a dream, |
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And sing with one voice, |
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I am, you are, we are Australian. |
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I'm a teller of stories, I'm a singer of songs |
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I am Albert Namatjira, and I paint the ghostly gums |
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I am Clancy on his horse, I'm Ned Kelly on the run |
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I'm the one who waltzed Matilda, I am Australian. |
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I'm the hot wind from the desert, I'm the black soil of the plains |
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I'm the mountains and the valleys, I'm the drought and flooding rains |
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I am the rock, I am the sky, the rivers when they run |
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The spirit of this great land, I am Australian. |
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We are one but we are many |
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And from all the lands on earth we come, |
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we share a dream, |
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And sing with one voice, |
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I am, you are, we are Australian. |
