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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 ^^   This artwork is © Holly Hindle. Do not copy, trace, otherwhise use or re-distribute this artwork. |
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Your fursona looks so fluffy, I love your fur shading. Great picture!
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I am not absent minded, I am present minded....somewhere else.....
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Awesome picture 8]
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Jesus, lover of my soul.
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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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Beautiful
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