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Final Words

Jimmy'Jimmy'
I come 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 shore, I watched the tall ships come,
For forty thousand years I've been the first Australian.

Dinahj
I came upon the prison ship bowed down by iron chains,
I cleared 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 and a freeman, I became Australian.
We are one but we are many, And from all the lands on earth we come.
We share a dream and sing with one voice, I am - you are - we are Australian.

A Trio!
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.



Croc Print
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 droughts 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.
I am - you are - we are Australian.


Smile of Friendship to all!
We are one but we are many,
And from all the lands on earth we come,
We share a dream and sing with one voice,
I am - You are - We are Australian.


Song: 'I am Australian' written by Bruce Woodley and Dobe Newton





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