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Maverick Nation by Robert Wainwright
A poem from author of The Maverick Mountaineer to celebrate Australia Day
On a wish and a wave
you sent us,
the dross, the stealers ‘n all;
A purge of the worst,
the sentenced, the cursed,
Off to the fringe of the world.
On a wish and a wave
you sent us,
the poor, the desperate ‘n all;
New world and new life,
migrants from strife,
Free at the fringe of the world.
On a wish and a wave
you called us,
Aussies, mavericks ‘n all;
From land most sublime,
new mountains to climb,
Now to the top of the world.
Happy Australia Day from everyone at Australia’s leading independent publisher, Allen & Unwin.
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