Australia that has inspired song, story and rhyme <br />An old Land that was old before the Dreamtime <br />Before the first dinosaur or the first gum tree <br />Australia existed surrounded by sea <br />Many thousand of centuries before the first people to it came <br />Australia was an old Land one without a name <br />Those who call it a young Country have got it all wrong <br />To ancient pre history it does surely belong <br />'Tis not of a young Country that one should speak <br />It's marsupial mammals does make it unique, <br />How old is Australia it's age is unknown <br />The Land that has a rugged charm of it's own <br />A huge southern Country of varying scenery <br />Australia the great Land surrounded by sea.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/australia-the-great-land/
