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    This document is a poem describing different aspects of Australian identity and history. It discusses the indigenous Australians who have lived in the country for 40,000 years, as well as the settlers who came as convicts, farmers, and migrants from other lands. The poem emphasizes that despite Australia's diversity, its people share a common identity and dream as Australians, coming together as "one voice" to say they are Australian.

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    This document is a poem describing different aspects of Australian identity and history. It discusses the indigenous Australians who have lived in the country for 40,000 years, as well as the settlers who came as convicts, farmers, and migrants from other lands. The poem emphasizes that despite Australia's diversity, its people share a common identity and dream as Australians, coming together as "one voice" to say they are Australian.

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    I Came From The Dreamtime From The Dusty Red Soil Plains

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    This document is a poem describing different aspects of Australian identity and history. It discusses the indigenous Australians who have lived in the country for 40,000 years, as well as the settlers who came as convicts, farmers, and migrants from other lands. The poem emphasizes that despite Australia's diversity, its people share a common identity and dream as Australians, coming together as "one voice" to say they are Australian.

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    I came from the dreamtime from the We are one, but we are many

    dusty red soil plains And from all the lands on earth we
    I am the ancient heart, the keeper of come
    the flame We share a dream and sing with one
    I stood upon the rocky shore voice:
    I watched the tall ships come I am, you are, we are Australian.
    For forty thousand years I'd been the I'm a teller of stories
    first Australian. I'm a singer of songs
    We are one, but we are many I am Albert Namatjira
    And from all the lands on earth we I paint the ghostly gums
    come I am Clancy on his horse
    We share a dream and sing with one I'm Ned Kelly on the run
    voice: I'm the one who waltzed Matilda
    I am, you are, we are Australian. I am Australian
    I came upon the prison ship bowed We are one, but we are many
    down by iron chains. And from all the lands on earth we
    I cleared the land, endured the lash come
    and waited for the rains. We share a dream and sing with one
    I'm a settler. voice:
    I'm a farmer's wife on a dry and I am, you are, we are Australian.
    barren run
    A convict then a free man I became I'm the hot wind from the desert
    Australian. I'm the black soil of the plains
    I'm the mountains and the valleys
    [chorus] I'm the drought and flooding rains
    We are one, but we are many I am the rock, I am the sky
    And from all the lands on earth we The rivers when they run
    come The spirit of this great land
    We share a dream and sing with one I am Australian
    voice: We are one, but we are many
    I am, you are, we are Australian. And from all the lands on earth we
    I'm the daughter of a digger who come
    sought the mother lode We share a dream and sing with one
    The girl became a woman on the voice:
    long and dusty road I am, you are, we are Australian
    I'm a child of the depression I am, you are, we are Australian.
    I saw the good times come
    I'm a bushy, I'm a battler
    I am Australian

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