Australia's First People

Descendants of the first people of this southern Land
The ways of their Country they do understand
Around their ancestral history the legends have grown
And on how long their ancestors have lived in Australia remains as unknown

When Australia's first people talk of My Country they are not talking of Australia wide
But of their ancestors tribal lands in their ancestral countryside
They are people who have a strong sense of place
In their d n a they carry the genes of Australia's first race

Change has come to their Country since Cook's first fleet arrived
Dispossessions and massacres they have survived
And though they are not the rulers of the Australia of today
For the crimes against their ancestors they are forgiving of them one can say

For the annexation of their Country their price was huge to pay
But their title of Australia's first people from them cannot be taken away
Tribal by Nature Australia's first race
When they talk of Country they are talking of place.