I Am Australian

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Mandawuy Yunupingu] 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 shores I watched the tall ships come For forty thousand years I've been The first Australian [Verse 2: Russell Hitchcock] I came upon the prison ship Bound down by iron chains I fought the land Endured the lash And waited for the rains I'm a settler I'm a farmers wife On a dry and barren run A convict, then a free man I became Australian [Verse 3: Judith Durham] I'm the daughter of a digger Who sought the mother load 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 bushy, I'm a battler I am Australian [Chorus: Durham & Hitchcock] 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 [Verse 4: Russell Hitchcock] 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 [Verse 5: Judith Durham] 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 drowned 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 [Chorus: Durham & Hitchcock] 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 [Chorus: All] 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