Australia - Proclamation Day 2015 At Adelaide, South Australia Poem by Paul Warren

On the 28/12/1836 South Australia was proclaimed a colony
When Governor Hindmarsh read the notice under the Old Gum Tree
On that Glenelg day after the HMS Buffalo anchored in St Vincent Gulf
There were no convicts this time in the crew
All were paid up free settlers all through

They came to a paradise where the Kaurna people roamed
As they made the Adelaide plains their own home
But when the British established the first free colony
The Kaurna people lost their home and right to be free

So there were others who settled on this land
From Germany, Italy, United Kingdom and Holland
As the years went by Asian and Africans added to the mix
Until the Society was cosmopolitan in its fix

We are now all proud South Australians true
And will stand the test of time and be true blue
I think in the end the best way through it all
Is to live in this paradise for us in our country's call.

© Paul Warren Poetry