I came from the dream time, from the dusty red soil plains I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame And I stood upon the rocky shore, I watched the tall ships come For forty thousand years I was the first Australian I came upon the prison ship, bowed down by iron chains I cleared the land, endured the lash, and waited for the rain 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 the daughter of a digger, who sought the motherload And the girl became a woman, on a 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 We are one, but we are many, and from all the land on earth we come We share a dream, and sing with one voice I am, you are, we are Australian I'm a teller of the stories, I'm a singer of the songs I am Albert Namajira, and I paint the ghostly gums I'm Clancy on his horse, and Ned Kelly on the run I'm the one who waltzed Matilda, I am Australian I'm the hot winds from the desert, I'm the black soils from the plains I'm the mountains and the valleys, I'm the drought and flooding rains I am the rock, I am the sky, and the rivers when they run Are the spirit of this great land, I am Australian And we are one, but we are many, and from all the land 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 land on earth we come We share a dream, and sing with one voice I am, you are, we are Australian Yes, I am, you are, we are Australian I am, you are, we are Australian