You tell me of your Australian history your ancestors were British and Irish pioneers <br />But your history in this Land is not an old history just two centuries and twenty years <br />And in time that may seem quite a long span though the combined life spans of three people nothing more <br />Your ancestors hardly were Aussies they came here from a distant shore. <br /> <br />The first Australians have lived in this Country for longer than most care to know <br />Their ancestors came here from Asia more than sixty thousand years ago <br />They are indigenous to this Country all others have links to elsewhere <br />Yet they still struggle for recognition and that to me seems quite unfair. <br /> <br />Dispossessed by the Northern invaders they never did get back their Land <br />And that they are now ruled by white people I find that hard to understand <br />You talk of the history of this Land as if it were only two hundred years old <br />But then suppose the history of the ancient Dreamtime by white people will never be told. <br /> <br />I was not even born in this Country which makes you more Aussie than I <br />And though I'm not Nationalistic or Patriotic my heritage I won''t deny <br />You talk of your pioneering ancestors but why talk of Human history at all <br />If the history of the first Australians you do not see fit to recall. <br /> <br />You tell me of your pioneering ancestors but one fact you tend to ignore <br />That they were not born in this Country they came here from a foreign shore <br />You''d swear by you the Human history of this Land was only two centuries old <br />But the true history of this great Country by your type will never be told<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/you-tell-me-of-your-australian-history/
