Posted on 01/26/2018 7:24:50 AM PST by harpygoddess
Today is Australia Day, the anniversary of the date in 1788 when Captain Arthur Phillip led a fleet of convict ships into Sydney Cove and initiated the establishment of New South Wales, Australia, as a penal colony. By the mid-19th century, free immigration had replaced the transportation of convicts in populating the country, and a half dozen other colonies were established there, leading to a final federation as the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. British involvement in Australian affairs was formally abolished in 1986, and in many ways, the modern nation more resembles the United States than any other in the world.
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~ Peter Carey (b.1943) (of Australia, City Limits, London, 1 April 1988)
Down Under
Men at Work
Traveling in a fried-out combie
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave me breakfast
And she said
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover
Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six-foot-four and full of muscles
I said, “do you speak-a my language?”
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
And he said
I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover, yeah
Lyin’ in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw, and not much to say
I said to the man, “are you trying to tempt me
Because I come from the land of plenty?”
And he said
Do you come from a land down under? (oh yeah yeah)
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover
Living in a land down under
Where women glow and men plunder
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover
Living in a land down under
Where women glow and men plunder
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover
Living in a land down under
Where women glow and men plunder
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover
Living in a land down under
Where women glow and men plunder
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder?
Songwriters: Colin James Hay / Ronald Graham Strykert
Down Under lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Isn’t that their national anthem? Just kidding, lol. Happy Australia Day to the good folks Down Under!
The Brits probably figured the poisonous snakes would take care of a lot of their prisoner problems.
A penal colony is not exactly the same thing as an extermination camp. People emigrated to Australia as well.
Happy Australia Day. I would like to visit, especially the Cairns area (Great Barrier Reef, rainforest, waterfalls, Kuranda scenic railway, etc.).
Isnt that their national anthem?
No, the national anthem is a song about a hobo who stole a sheep.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESebV4H5JuM
Many believe this should be their anthem,
The Seekers - I Am Australian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrLTe1_9zso
Just noticed there’s a 2017 movie titled “Australia Day” starring Brian Brown.
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