THE SEEKERS ~ I AM AUSTRALIAN 🦘️

NEIL DIAMOND CENTRAL WEBSITE - http://www.neildiamondcentral.com/

I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror -
The wide brown land for me! - Dorothea Mackellar

A slight diversion for NDC… ‘I Am Australian’ - This song so encapsulates and celebrates the diversity of Australian society that I felt the impetus to produce this one-off video. This is, but a minor diversion, an indulgence. I hope you find it informative and to your liking. - NDC

The haunting and beautiful voice of Judith Durham - http://judithdurham.com/

RIP Judith Durham 03/07/1943 - 05/08/2022. Gone but never forgotten.

The Seekers - http://www.theseekers.com.au/bio-page...

I AM AUSTRALIAN (1987)
COMPOSED BY BRUCE WOODLEY/DOBE NEWTON
THE SEEKERS (Judith Durham, Athol Guy, Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley)

I came from the Dreamtime
From the dusty red soil plains
I am the ancient heart
The keeper of the flames
I stood upon the rocky shore
I watched the tall ships come
For forty thousand years I've been the first Australian

I came upon the prison ships
Bound down by iron chains
I fought 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 woman
On the long and dusty road
I'm a child of the depression
I saw the good time come
I'm a bushy I'm a battler
I am Australian

We are one
But we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come
We'll share a dream
And sing with one voice
I am, you are, we are 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
I am Australian

I'm the hot wind from the desert
I'm the black soil of the plain
I'm the mountains and the valleys
I'm the drought and flooding rains
I am the rock
I am the sky
The rivers when they run
The spirit of this great land
I am Australian

We are one
But we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come
We'll 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'll share a dream
And sing with one voice
I am, you are
We are Australian

I am, you are
We are Australian