I Am Australian

I came upon the prison ship bound down by iron chains I cleared 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 a 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 and I saw the good times come I'm a bushy, I'm a battler, I am 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 Yes, I am 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 I'm the hot wind from the desert I'm the black soil of the plains I'm the mountains and the valleys The drought and flooding rains I am the rock I am the sky The rivers when they run I'm the spirit of this great land I am Australian I came from the dreaming From the dusty red soil plains I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame I stood upon that rocky shore I watched the tall ships come When for 40 thousand years, I'd been the first 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 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