I love this country, my country, the best country. AUSTRALIA.

We will have a flag of our own. Never be hindered by issues that prevent us from having a flag of our own.

As an American I can truly say Australia will never be second class anything. Keep doing what your doing.

@brainyboy7134

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man that means a lot coming from an American.

@KeiranR

3 жыл бұрын

Dunno man..iam a student of the 80s90s and the old tru blue is dead .. i miss it and thats why i feel sad when hearing this mans songs .. my heart calls for the old days .. and we have lost alot to moden society ..

@rebeccamurray9196

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers 💘

@kevellin

3 жыл бұрын

@@KeiranR Indeed but nothing is lost lest we forget

@anon8740

3 жыл бұрын

@@KeiranR it's not dead until we let it die. I still do my best to be a fair dinkum bloke and I'm doing my best to raise my kids to be the same.

I'm a former Yankee soldier that left the US and lives in Italy. Free yourselves from this Australia. Good luck.

@samsabastian5560

2 жыл бұрын

PJ McGuigan Free us from what? A peaceful and prosperous life? Aus. is one of the greatest countries on the planet. Far better than the US by a country km.

@patrickmac2799

2 жыл бұрын

@@samsabastian5560 No one is comparing the US and Aus. Read again. Try not to have a chip on your shoulder.

Thanks for posting this very passionate song. Its always nice to listen to john play for Australia about Australia. He's the patron saint of Australian bush ballads and i hope he lives for ever.

I'm Irish lived in Ozzie for four years, and this is the closest thing to a Irish rebel song that ever heard! Love it! Flag of our own 🇦🇺🇮🇪

@Tasmanaut

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your opinion and I LOVE this song as well, but, if you enjoy this, look up the songs 'the hat ned kelly wore' or something like 'moreton bay'. Garry Shearston has a whole album that is just brilliant, sings in the style of luke kelly but with Australiana lyrics. The Cobbers are good too. We actually have some wonderful Australian folk songs about bushrangers and our history of rebellion and uprisings against tyranny. I didn't know about it either until very recently, give it a try

I'm proud to be an Aussie under the Australian flag

This is the bush. Thank you John😭🤠🇭🇲😇💓😆😁😆

I'm in favour of a republic but whether we become a republic or not a new flag is well overdue. The Eureka flag is good option but i'll be happy with anything without the British union flag. What a great song!

A treasure

WHAT A TUNE 2019 🤘🏻

@allanwoods4553

4 жыл бұрын

WE HAVE DONE IT TOUGH I AGREE

This what I believe we need a flag of our owe

We should make a new flag, and then we can make this the national anthem!

Whatever your opinions are, you have to admit he has guts to express his views. Especially on such a debatable issues as this song depicts. Personally, I think it's about time we're a republic nation.

@judithsmith8014

5 жыл бұрын

My God girl - what a thought. Can you imagine what these elitist socialists would put into a new constitution, the poor Brits are now fighting to loosen the bonds of the EU. So few people nowadays have any idea of how government and politics is supposed to work - all hand outs and crony subsidies. Actors, ABC, all corrupted socialists and I doubt this man is any different, just stirring the pot without much thought. Don't give any more power to these elites who have taken over our political systems. Sadly Australia has always tended towards socialism and the Unions have corrupted the work place. We would end up with Apartheid for starts, most of the outback is closed off already. Careful what you wish for.

@samuelnaake8357

5 жыл бұрын

Anna MacRae sas

@samsabastian5560

2 жыл бұрын

And end up with a government like the US has now? Not while I have breath in my body, Anna.

@hellsonion514

Жыл бұрын

@@samsabastian5560 it'll only go that way if you let it. seems like you don't have the fighting spirit to keep it so. good. stay quiet and cry while everything happens without your input. better for the rest of us. sound good?

@timmaslen4766

Жыл бұрын

@@samsabastian5560 hahahah you already have you americanised Australian look around fun there are particulars in the air destroy lives quickly that’s the only thing that will stop the Virus you people are insane and you get off one causing other people pain your time is coming. 🇦🇺😃 your as Australian as Dan andrews your evil commie scum bag

"We are not Yankee side kicks, or second class poms." Very true. We're becoming the second America. Australia needs to stand up for it self.

@NemoDakkar

8 жыл бұрын

You know it.

@lollylunsway

6 жыл бұрын

When I feel sick for home I listen to all of John Williamson.

@loomhigh

5 жыл бұрын

we need t T-pose on America, assert our dominance

@angelslayer169

4 жыл бұрын

We need independence but with that comes nuclear missiles to defend Australia. We will be taken over otherwise

@fairdinkum3719

3 жыл бұрын

@@loomhigh You are not wrong! T-pose for days

I personally think it's an embarrassment, a nation of more than 20 million people, one of the world's biggest economies, 120 years of independence, yet another countries flag takes up a quarter of our own.

@samsabastian5560

2 жыл бұрын

Matt Lugg, We had a vote on becoming a republic, and 66% of this country rejected the proposal.

@rossfranklin2782

6 ай бұрын

@@samsabastian5560because it wasn’t the model the people wanted, the model that was put forward to the public was doomed to fail & Howard & his monarch mates were happy with that.

Great song love it

Keep it as it is 🇦🇺 It represents our first beginnings

this is a good song

Canada ditched the Union Jack in 1964. Still a dominion within the British Commonwealth. So even those who do not want Australia to become a republic can advocate a new flag.

@biggusunitus

6 жыл бұрын

Also a perfect argument to anyone who says "my relations fought for that flag". Bang on.

@lapalad

3 жыл бұрын

India,Kenya, South Africa, Samoa,Malaysia, Papua New Guinea,Malta, Cyprus Uganda,Jamaica ,Nigeria,Singapore, Sri Lanka,Zambia, Trinidad and Tobago, Seychelles and Tuvalu all commonwealth countries that ditched the union flag from their national flag.

@chickentube2229

3 жыл бұрын

The only other flag I would support would be the Eureka flag

@biggusunitus

Жыл бұрын

@poor ned nice bit of false equivalency champ. Well done.

Fuckin go johnyy

We love this song. Lis og Bjarne Denmark

Bloody oath Ned......

Dont mind me just listening to this on loop as I laugh at the monarchists watching the jubilee

@touieg1211

11 ай бұрын

Playing this when the Queen died, and will be playing it again when the king follows. 11 years later and still the same monarchist bullshit.

I m from Scotland where we have two flags one is for Scotland called the saltare and the other is the union flag or Union Jack but I like the saltare or st Andrews cross

@RhonaMacLeod

5 жыл бұрын

'Saltire'

@helloiamem

4 жыл бұрын

We have the Aboriginal flag, flag of my people and I reckon that should be our national flag. I mean I'm not some soft cunt who whines about the atrocities committed by people long dead but seems kinda fucked we've got such an English flag when we already have a flag. I dunno, replace the union back with the aboriginal flag colours (red black and yellow representing the sun, sand and sky) and keep the southern cross maybe. I dunno.

@LiamO4962

4 жыл бұрын

I’m also Scottish but I love Australia more than my own country and I believe they definitely should have their own flag

@offtheplanetagain

2 жыл бұрын

@@helloiamem I'm a Scottish Australian....with you all the way sister xx

@TheCustomer42 nope i mean commonwealth star, the 7 pointed star at the bottom left corner of the flag which is ALSO known as the federation star the seven point star or the star of federation... but yes the eureka flag as our national flag and i am australian by the seekers as our national anthem

That tune at 1.11 👌

@MrAvalonman A new flag by all means! We got our Maple Leaf flag Feb 15, 1965. The search and the push for a new flag began in 1925. Don't lose heart. It will come. We'd like you to join your Canadian cousins with a distinctly Australian and beautiful flag.

"Not Yankee side kicks or second class poms" Haha couldnt have said it better myself

Amazing song 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

And the English flag may flutter and wave Where worldwide oceans toss But the flag the Australian dies to save Is the flag of the southern cross Our own flag Banjo Patterson

This flag debate seems interesting......its "the flag that has been associated with all of her (Australia's) many achievements on the international scene". Personally after fighting so bravely for the British many times, the Australian people should be given the choice to change flag or keep it as it is. I am a Brit who was introduced to John Williamson by a friend.

Happy Australia Day

@morganmaggas1468

8 жыл бұрын

good it

@guycastonguay9633

3 жыл бұрын

Happy republic of Australia day mate!

@guycastonguay9633

3 жыл бұрын

Happy republic of australia dat mate!

Diggers didn't fight and die for the flag it was for mates and the country and most of the blokes I was serving with wanted a flag without the union jack

@loomhigh

5 жыл бұрын

they died for our right to be Australian. If we want to change our flag that is a right they fought for us to do. We have every right to change that flag if we want to.

@gasmaskerhub2075

5 жыл бұрын

I have a pretty cool idea for the flag incorporating our Anzacs, states and roots established :)

@angelslayer169

4 жыл бұрын

Let England save the queen. Australia is for Australians!

@1CaptainAustralia1 That s why we should have a new flag to add to our proud history,a flag with no british emblem in the corner.That's something to be real proud of!!!

I’m still waiting,piss the Jack off NOW!!!

@loomhigh

5 жыл бұрын

was that intentional innuendo?

we not yennke this Australia we must fight for our flag

The Union Jack shows where we came from. We are still a part of the british empire and the Union Jack should remain on our flag untill we become a republic.

@jamalfromcollege2854

4 жыл бұрын

No it shouldn't

No we are sure not a Yankee---I am Australian and we do stick up for our beloved country Australia forever

All in sundry

Australia is a weird mix of the UK,Ireland and the US. They have their versions of 60 minutes, ACA, the morning shows and Wide World of Sports and a big country music scene.The interaction between people is very much similar to the UK and Ireland,in terms of humour etc .

@iamHARRO i didn't say we should. i just said those flags are both far more relevant to Australia than the union jack, imo. if we were to have a new flag, the sky is the limit, we can get as imaginative as we want. the one at the end of this song was quite good, looks like it draws inspiration from a number of our flags / aspects of our culture.

@samsabastian5560

2 жыл бұрын

TheCustomer42 You obviously don’t know the history of Australia, do you? Totally UK people until almost 1950.

@SnJester by your logic, everyone in the world is pretty much from a different country, but we all like independence, hence why australia isn't called britain 2. (i know thats not the real reason) Australians have an accent, a country, and a culture, that are all separate from our origins. I'm half irish, but i call myself an australian, because i am. this is australia, and thats where i'm from.

what was this clip from... like was it a full video interview/ doco or was it just a news thing?

@joshdurkin1038

5 жыл бұрын

This is the music video for the song

I like our Flag and our system of Government. It's as Aussie as Billie Tea. I don't want to change it at all.

@shockno1

7 жыл бұрын

gtopa1A Are you British?

@samsabastian5560

2 жыл бұрын

gtopa1A I'm with you on that issue. Stable government, good economy, looked after when you're sick. What else could you want? Maybe a Joe Biden type leader?

NAIDOC week dates please

The constitutional monarchy is a totally seperate issue to the flag. My view is change the flag but until a good model for a republic comes along ( i have yet to see a good one) i am in favour of keeping the monarchy.

Hi

Heath

you mis-attributed all the comments. iamHarro was the one saying that we need the union jack. and something about being a prison country. (i dont see how that's relevant to being a republic or our flag) I did incorrectly assert that Canada had an independent head of state, which i must have misunderstood. you are right, the gov. general still only represents the queen. bad example then. (except for their flag!) Anyway, i think we are agreed that independence should be celebrated not stymied.

Hey

@MrVilniusNastavnik i realise i am responding to something 4 months old, but i think by "commonwealth star" you mean the "federation star" it doesnt have anything to do with the brits. :) im agreed though, the eureka flag or the aboriginal flag are both far more appropriate for us than the union jack will ever be. no offence to any poms or monarchists, one world after all. but an australian flag should represent australia.

@keeganlong8073

3 жыл бұрын

The Eureka Stockade flag would be good. That flag stood for every nation including the indigenous population coming together to fight and rise up against the government, the government taxes on the ordinary person looking for gold and against the soldiers that enforced the governments policies.

Irish blood

I am a proud Australian but it embarrasses me that another countries flag takes up a whole corner of ours. To those who don't want a new flag I say, grow up. Our diggers fought for their mates and their country. Besides you talk about disrespect well letting the Japanese buy up half our country is a far greater disrespect than changing an outdated flag.

@user-xp4hq1dx5h

5 жыл бұрын

Well said mate, too many share this belief but won't speak it

@judithsmith8014

5 жыл бұрын

The Union Jack represents some thousands of years of History and learning to break free from the elites. Because Australians tend towards socialism, like their hand-outs and don't mind the labor government favoring their mates with subsidies, can you imagine having those elites taking full control running this country. They will well and truly do you in if you give them the power to rewrite THEIR rules for this country. Careful what you wish for.

@dallas1273

4 жыл бұрын

That is the perfect bailout. If we need help, we can just call for the Motherland to help us. The day we rid the UK from Australia is the day China declares war on us.

@thebullfrog9416

3 жыл бұрын

You probably have a Australia become a republic to wouldn't you

@wehtam4807

3 жыл бұрын

@@dallas1273 you must be fucking joking, The UK couldn't help themselves these days. They abandoned us in WW2, if it wasn't for the Yankees our flag would be Japanese.

Hows that going for you?

@SnJester What the fuck. Australia stopped being a British COLONY in 1901. It was Federation that made us into a self governing member of the British Empire.

Red dusty is our flag.

thank god im an ozzt

Is that pixie jenkins on the fiddle? I know him.. lol

@mikeybk9 I also like the Australian flag as well leave it alone

Ned kelly was a good man

@MrVilniusNastavnik or aboriginal flag where the jack it and eureka where the commonwealth star is

JWs best

You sir need to read Australian Bushranging history, our bushrangers came before your outlaws and were far more active committing a greater number of arm hold ups. I think you Americans were trying to be like us in the Wild Colonial Days

We have a flag....it tells the story of our REAL history.

@ridethelapras and why should the aboriginal flag be our national flag ?

we're not yankee side kicks whohooo

@ryanewbank9271

5 жыл бұрын

Ali Fix no your not Yankee sidekicks. The ozzies are well respected in America. Without the Australian coast watchers a lot of American pilots would have never made it home after ww2 . Including one of our future presidents. Also without Leslie "Bull" Allen , 12 Americans would have never had a chance to come back home. So, cheers mates. Much respect!

Bloody oath mate! Change the flag now!

nwo flag that's all it is and always has been

I have been warned by the people too bee or at bee dont trust people

@iamHARRO lol... So if we got a flag that represented Australia it would instantly DESTROY ALL OUR HERITAGE! NOOOO NOT THE HERITAGE!! you don't see the Canadians with a union jack on there flag, but then, they had the common sense to recognize themselves as a sovereign state with their own head. so the problem is bigger than our colours, as you have just unintentionally highlighted.

I don't see the Union Jack as an invasive force to show that England is superior. I see it as an interpretation of Unity, the Unity we have to Britain, and also the Unity they have to us. I want to become a Republic, but I want to keep the Union Jack.

@ridethelapras what about the flag we have except remove the jack and throw in the aboriginal flag there thats my opinion

@Spyplane2005 no

Being under Islamic Rule (NWO) is no good thing Johnny. I wonder if you realise this now in 2018

Keep the flag. Hopefully Britain leaves the EU properly and can start focusing on making the commonwealth great again

@bostonjack100 Personally, I think the Eureka flag should be our National Flag. But who knows, maybe the Aboriginal flag should be our national flag?

I respect my ancestors who fought and died for this flag John. If you don 't like it go somewhere else. Have some respect for the diggers ,they fought for this flag as much they fought for the country . Learn Aussie history and your family tree .Go and see where your ancestors came from not just going to England but find the towns your family came from and you might have some respect for your family and the diggers .Very proud Aussie. English ,Irish ,Scottish, Welsh , convict ,highwaymen , Bush ranger , First fleet Family history no longer JW fan .

@moakley

9 жыл бұрын

well the diggers didn't fight for the flag They were mostly young blokes looking for adventure and travel because Australia in the early 1900's was bloody dull. when they got into turkey and started getting killed they suddenly realised holy crap this sucks and England is using us so if were going to out live this we need to stick together and that's where the ANZAC legend was born.

@bodgiefiftyniner1180

9 жыл бұрын

moakley There are Aussie still coming home dead with the flag around there coffin have some respect and love your country for what it is .

@jordanzyla3377

6 жыл бұрын

Bodgie Fiftyniner Eurica flag ya dumby. Don't talk bout diggers if you donno wtf ya talking about

@SuperSaiyanGamerDBZ

6 жыл бұрын

Kaiser Tyranny That was inspirational, good on ya mate we need more like ya

@wasslic

5 жыл бұрын

Australia was also founded by Chinese , Arabs, Americans, etc. England does NOT have a mortgage on this country. Read your history, Churchill was willing to sacrifice Australia to the Japanese during WW2 and would have, but for Curtain telling him where to get off.

I for one am proud of our flag. I have no problem flying it and yes, it does say where we came from. So what! enough of the white guilt trips, we are what we are and we came from where we did.

Reading between the lines here somewhat. It appears that the Ned Kelly connection comes from the myth that Kelly intended to proclaim a Republic in North East Victoria. However, that was nonsense dreamed up by Ian Jones who was a Kelly fan who wrote books, lauding Kelly, when in fact he was a vicious stand-over-thug and murderer of police. Ned Kelly NEVER mentioned a republic, and it was all made up nonsense. By the way, I really like John's music. Fav song is Cootamundra Wattle.

At least piss the pommy flag in the corner off ----- we are Aussies not Poms

Ha ha an Australian copying American western culture. You all tring to be like us in the wild wild west coast?

TBH... Logically speaking leaving the commonwealth or becoming independent is a really bad idea...

Hate this song ... I love the Aussie flag. Best flag there is.