From little things, big things grow

I keep hearing and humming this song, since first seeing this ad on Industry Super Funds play on the telly a few months — which it still does a few times each week.

The song, originally written and performed by Paul Kelly, is based on the story of the Gurindji strike and Vincent Lingiari as part of the Indigenous Australian struggle for land rights and reconciliation. According to Wikipedia:

"It describes how the Gurindji people's claim sparked the Indigenous land rights movement. The protest led to the Commonwealth Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. The Act gave Indigenous people freehold title to traditional lands in the Northern Territory and the power of veto over mining and development on those lands." 

It's basically a song about never giving up, and always fighting for what you believe in. And as cliche as it sounds, I feel it's also one of those songs that are really representative of Australian culture, etc etc.

My point is — I really like this song and I'm glad to have discovered it (also, the song is super inappropriate for that commericial).