poetry corner

All Australia for all Australians.


We are all Australian, not just of one state

yours are the Snowies, the deserts and lakes

Yours are the rivers, the Kimberley tide

All is your home, your country, your life.


Yours are the forests, the reef and the seas,

The brightest of days, the coolest of breeze

From the tropics to snow 'tis all quite true

This big old Australia, our ancestors left you


Your skin may be black, or your skin may be white

but brothers we are, when we love what is right

Let no man keep you from your home in the sun

Embrace all of your home before you are done


Every minute is precious, time fleeting and soon

you'll be but a memory, but no need for gloom

For all of Australia, while you are still here

Is you and me both , and I hold you dear


My brothers and sisters and family and friends

My countrymen, all soon together again

For no matter what State you find yourself in

A tyrannical one, will never win.


We will not be kept apart, and we will travel free

My arms will embrace you, ...like koala and tree


All of our land is for all of us free

not little bits allowed now and then by decree.


They're denying you home, your loved ones and friends

It's so un-Australian, who knows where to begin

We'll soon right these wrongs and clear the filth from our view.

Because your home, every inch, will not be taken from you.