I came upon a prison ship,
bound down by iron chains,
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 motherlode.
The girl became a woman on the long and dusty road.
I'm a child of the depression,
now 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,
that ain't 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.
For 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.
Niniyane burukudi,
dabundi buliwi kaniya.
Nkikiki juwi,
kaki le turai.
Niniwari lana nariba,
gurumundu doyoniya leilalu.
For 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.
You are,
we are Australian.