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
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