I Am Australian Lyrics

I came upon the prison ships
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 women
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 flames
I stood upon that rocky shore
I watched the tall ships come
When for forty 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