"A sick feeling of repugnance and apprehension grows in me as I near Australia."
— From the diary of Sir Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia, May 23, 1941
Australia: A country in the South Sea, whose industrial and commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate dispute between geographers as to whether it is a continent or an island.
"I promise there'll be a tomorrow, sir. In fact, it's already tomorrow in Australia."
— Marcie, Peanuts
Australia's a lovely land
It's full of bonza blokes,
Sheilas, beer and no-one's queer
Except in Pommie jokes.
Australians are lovely chaps
They're God's own chosen race.
If they ever see a fairy Pom
They'll smash him in the face.
Australians like dressing up
In skirts and having fun
And that's all we were doing
When the Vice Squad came along.
It's full of bonza blokes,
Sheilas, beer and no-one's queer
Except in Pommie jokes.
Australians are lovely chaps
They're God's own chosen race.
If they ever see a fairy Pom
They'll smash him in the face.
Australians like dressing up
In skirts and having fun
And that's all we were doing
When the Vice Squad came along.
"Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas."
— Keppel Enderbery
Lightning cracked in the sky of this desolate wasteland, yet despite the thunderclouds, which painted the sky the colour of a bruise, there was no relief for this parched land. The ruins of a dead city, smothered in dust the colour of blood, were revealed in each flash of light. And in those brief moments of light, things could be seen moving, things that moved in a way which was anathema to the human eye, all squirming and crawling and too many legs.
Some would have called this place Hell.
Fools. The depths of the horrors imagined by Dante could not match the abominations that dwelt in this place.
This was Australia.
Some would have called this place Hell.
Fools. The depths of the horrors imagined by Dante could not match the abominations that dwelt in this place.
This was Australia.
— from NGE: Nobody Dies, The Kei Files, Chapter 7, by EarthScorpion
We produced a Norman May
Not a Norman Mailer
May our land's vast distance
Always treat us with indifference!
Not a Norman Mailer
May our land's vast distance
Always treat us with indifference!
— TISM, "Give Up For Australia"
"A country which apparently houses every organic death-mobile ever."
— Planet Dolan, regarding Australia in his 15 Most Poisonous Animals Ever
video; half of the animals listed in the video are Australian.
video; half of the animals listed in the video are Australian.I came from the Dreamtime
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 40,000 years I've been
The first Australian
I came upon the prison ship
Bound down by iron chains
I cleared 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 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 times come
I'm a bushie, I'm a battler
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 hot 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 x2)
I am, you are, we are Australian
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 40,000 years I've been
The first Australian
I came upon the prison ship
Bound down by iron chains
I cleared 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 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 times come
I'm a bushie, I'm a battler
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 hot 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 x2)
I am, you are, we are Australian
— The Seekers, "I Am Australian"
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