Ernest Favenc

“ Over banks of pearl our watch is kept,
Over sands where the drown'd men rest;
Ever we signal the ships from east,
And watch for the ships from west;
Always we watch for the battle-flag
Of a foe with defiant prate;
Our answer is – "In Australia's name,
"We're the Guard of the Northern Strait!"
Alvaro Saavedra, the discoverer of New Guinea in 1528.
This work is in the public domain in Australia because it was created in Australia and the term of copyright has expired. ”