The Children Of The Dreamtime

The descendants of the first Australians their ways we do not understand
And no love is greater than their love for this their great Southern Land
For past Governmental wrongs against them the present Government refuse to apologize
Though some Government leader of the future may be far more prudent and wise,
They are the children of the Dreamtime and their numbers are in decline
And before the white invasion they would have lived happier and got on fine
Their land from them was confiscated and they now live under white rule
When one looks back on Human history Human history can be so cruel,
Captain Cook arrived in Australia with his sailors from a distant northern shore
And the way of life for the indigenous inhabitants was to be changed forever more
Back in the year of seventeen eighty eight two hundred and seventeen years ago
Yet for the combined life spans of three people what progress do we have to show
In the preservation of Nature's creatures in this great Southern Land
And even the ways of the Children of the Dreamtime we will never fully understand.