My message for Australia Day, courtesy of a great Australian folk band.
When the british came here,
It was just another outpost, in an empire crazy world,
They dispossessed the black man,
And killed him when he argued,
Lets never forget,
The fate they met,
When Britannia ruled the waves.
If you were white you had a chance,
If you were well born you were lucky,
If you were wealthy then the country was as good as it could be,
But the black and poor and homeless were as good as British slaves,
Lets never forget,
The fate they met,
When Brittania ruled the waves.