I came from the dreamtime From the dusty red soil plains I am the ancient heart The keeper of the flames 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 farmers 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 load The girl became a women On the long and dusty road I'm a child of the depression I saw the good time 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