TO THE WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

A toast to the splendid daughters

Of the New World over the waters,

A world that is great as new;

Daughters of brave old races,

Daughters of heights and spaces,

Broad seas and broad earth places -

Hail to your land and you!

The sun and the winds have fed you;

The width of your world has led you

Out into the larger view;

Strong with a strength that is tender,

Bright with a primal splendour,

Homage and praise we render -

Hail to your land and you!

Sisters and daughters and mothers,

Standing abreast with your brothers,

Working for things that are true;

Thinking and doing and daring,

Giving, receiving, and sharing,

Earning the crowns you are wearing -

Hail to your land and you!