I came from the Dreamtime
From the dusty
red soil plains
I am the ancient
heart
The keeper of
the flame
I stood upon the
rocky shore
I watched the
tall ships come
For forty
thousand years I've been
The
first Australian
I came upon the
prison ships
Bound 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 a 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
her Depression
I saw the good
times come
I'm a bushy, 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 plain
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
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