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    The poem expresses pride in being Australian through the voices of many who have contributed to Australian history and culture over 40,000 years, such as Indigenous Australians, early settlers, farmers, miners, and those who endured hard times. It conveys a message of unity among the diverse people who make up the Australian identity.

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    The poem expresses pride in being Australian through the voices of many who have contributed to Australian history and culture over 40,000 years, such as Indigenous Australians, early settlers, farmers, miners, and those who endured hard times. It conveys a message of unity among the diverse people who make up the Australian identity.

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    We Are Australian

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    The poem expresses pride in being Australian through the voices of many who have contributed to Australian history and culture over 40,000 years, such as Indigenous Australians, early settlers, farmers, miners, and those who endured hard times. It conveys a message of unity among the diverse people who make up the Australian identity.

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    We are Australian

    I came from the dream-time I'm a teller of stories


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

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