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:ph34r: Would the group be The Seekers. B) No don't laugh. B)

I Am Australian

I came from the dream-time, from the dusty, red-soil plains;

I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame.

I stood upon the rocky shores, I watched the tall ships come;

For forty thousand years I've been the first Australian.

I came upon the prison ship, bowed 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 the daughter of a digger, who sowed 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 times come;

I'm a bushy, I'm a backer, I am Australian.

Chorus:

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 heart wind from the desert, I'm the black soil of the plains;

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.

(Chorus twice)

I am, you are, we are Australian.

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strewth, you've made me feel guilty now, the effort you've put into that reply..

it's even better than the question! :D

but.... and you know what's coming! ...... I'm afraid it's No! :blink:

another little clue is the piccy below which is off the front of their album..

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B) The KINKS. B)

B) Australia Lyrics song no2 on their 1969 album.

B) Arthur or the decline and fall of the british empire.

Opportunities are available in all walks of life in australia

So if you’re young and if you’re healthy

Why not get a boat and come to australia

Australia, the chance of a lifetime

Australia, you get what you work for

Nobody has to be any better than what they want to be

Australia, no class distinction

Australia, no drug addiction

Nobody’s got a chip on their shoulder

We’ll surf like they do in the u.s.a.

We’ll fly down to sydney for our holiday

On sunny christmas day

Australia, australia

No one hesitates at life or beats around the bush in australia

So if you’re young and if you’re healthy

Why not get a boat and come to australia

Australia sha-la-la-la sha-la-la-la

Australia sha-la-la-la sha-la-la-la

Everyone walks around with a perpetual smile across their face

Australia sha-la-la-la sha-la-la-la

Australia sha-la-la-la sha-la-la-la

Everyone gets around and nobody can ever get you down

We’ll surf like they do in the u.s.a.

We’ll fly down to sydney for our holiday

On sunny christmas day

Australia, australia

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Well done bip!.. how on earth did you suss it out?

Yep it was the good old Kinks, and it was Arthur that wanted to emigrate..

another one of my fave albums, especially the track 'Victoria'

I've just received the album in mp3 format, so now I can listen to it on me pc!

.. groovy ..

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