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'd 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 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 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.