My ancestry’s English and Irish

I’ve affection for my forebears' land

But my home is in Australia,

The country I love

And I simply cannot understand

Why we cling to the past

When it comes to our flag

Which says nothing about who we are

In an era of change, why do we need

A symbol so far removed from this place

And its people around the world;

Does it make us feel proud,

Do we stand up with head bowed

When this banner of ours is unfurled?

We’re no longer an outpost of Britain,

But a nation distinct and apart,

So I’d like to see our own symbol

That comes from this country’s heart.

An emblem that is quite Australian-

One that’s distinctive and true

That we’d recognise with stars in our eyes-

Like the iconic Rock, Uluru.