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I Am Australian

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."
(lyrics by the Seekers - 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.

Happy belated Aussie day '07! I had fun ^^

:icondonotplz::iconusemyartplz: This artwork is © Holly Hindle. Do not copy, trace, otherwhise use or re-distribute this artwork.
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=Aphrael7:iconAphrael7: Feb 1, 2007, 5:12:57 AM
Happy Australia day! My school diary actually said it was today....stupid thing... I remember having to sing this song a couple of years ago :D

Your fursona looks so fluffy, I love your fur shading. Great picture!

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~SunGryphon:iconSunGryphon: Feb 1, 2007, 5:20:12 AM
There are so many things about this that are fantastic :D

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~SD-DreamCrystal:iconSD-DreamCrystal: Feb 1, 2007, 5:21:36 AM
very nice ^^ what is the instrument called? I've seen it before but I don't have a clue what it is called.

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~winter-silverwolf:iconwinter-silverwolf: Feb 1, 2007, 5:25:35 AM
I may not be Australian but Happy Australia day! And something about this pictures makes me at peace when I look at it ^^

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~CoyotesGaze:iconCoyotesGaze: Feb 1, 2007, 5:46:43 AM
Must be nice living there :D
Awesome picture 8]

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~Akaila-DaReal:iconAkaila-DaReal: Feb 1, 2007, 6:09:04 AM
Oh my gawd, this is amazing ^^

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~Kris-With-A-K:iconKris-With-A-K: Feb 1, 2007, 7:09:14 AM
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

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~Wolfess-fuzzpot:iconWolfess-fuzzpot: Feb 1, 2007, 7:42:24 AM
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 :disbelief:

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~AvivaShywolf:iconAvivaShywolf: Feb 1, 2007, 8:31:57 AM
this is so beautiful :) Your heart and soul...
=Fayolka:iconFayolka: Feb 1, 2007, 9:14:12 AM
Och, this is so beauty... He make me cry...
Beautiful :aww:

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