I came from the dream-time,
From the dusty red-soil plains.
I am the ancient heart,
The keeper of the flame.
I stood upon the rocky shores,
I watched the tall ships come,
For forty thousand years I've been
The first Australian.
I came upon the prison ship,
Bowed down by iron chains,
I fought the land, endured the lash,
And waited for the rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife
On a dry and barren run,
A convict, then a free man,
I became Australian.
I'm the daughter of a digger
Who sought the mother lode.
The girl became a woman
On the long and dusty road.
I'm a child of the Depression,
I saw the good times come,
I'm a bushie, I'm a battler,
I am Australian.
We are one, but we are many,
And from all the lands on earth we come.
We'll share a dream and sing with one voice,
"I am, you are, we are Australian"
I'm a teller of stories,
I'm a singer of songs,
I am Albert Namatjira
And I paint the ghostly gums.
I'm Clancy on his horse,
I'm Ned Kelly on the run,
I'm the one who waltzed Matilda,
I am Australian.
I'm the hot wind from the desert,
I'm the black soil of the plains,
I'm the mountains and the valleys,
I'm the drought and flooding rains.
I am the rock, I am the sky,
The rivers when they run,
The spirit of this great land,
I am Australian.
We are one, but we are many,
And from all the lands on earth we come.
We'll share a dream and sing with one voice,
"I am, you are, we are Australian."
"I am, you are, we are Australian."
I may not be a native Australian aborignal nor have it in my blood... but I was born here and I will never feel so deeply for another patch of land as I do my big ole island out in the blue.
I really like the picture Holly. It makes me feel at ease, calm-like. I remember having to do a lot of projects during school about Australia and I've always found it so fascinating. Well Happy Australia day. :3
-- "FOOKING RAWR BUTTMUNCHES" -FRANK: THE GRUMPY TURTLE
I'm glad you appreciate your roots, I hear some people treat aborigines like kangaroos in Australia i.e. they wouldn't think twice if they hit one with their vehicle.
People with no respect like that make me sick, haven't people learned anything from what we did to the Native Americans, or the film "Rabbit-Proof Fence"??
This is why it sometimes hurts to think I'm part of a 'glorious nation' responsible for all this horrible shit in history
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Your fursona looks so fluffy, I love your fur shading. Great picture!
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"FOOKING RAWR BUTTMUNCHES" -FRANK: THE GRUMPY TURTLE
People with no respect like that make me sick, haven't people learned anything from what we did to the Native Americans, or the film "Rabbit-Proof Fence"??
This is why it sometimes hurts to think I'm part of a 'glorious nation' responsible for all this horrible shit in history
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Już tak długo się kochamy, a to dopiero początek ^^
A tyle dni minęło od naszych zar
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