Paul Kelly – From Little Things Big Things Grow lyrics

This song brings out the message of Aboriginal rights and their ownership of land. It explains about an Abriginal man [Vincent Lingairri] that stands up for Aboriginal rights.
The story is basically about a man that visits Sydney to talk to politicians about their rights.
The last line of the ninth verse tells us that the 'stranger' (presumably representing the government) has given back the land.
This is a song/poem that tells us briefly of how a man stood up to his land rights and how he succeed: "from little things to big things..."

Like Jesus, like Gandhi. Like Rosa Parks. This is a song about a man who made a difference to his people. It's about standing strong for what you believe, for what is right and for what is fair. Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody tell this story so well, this song is a tribute to the inspiring tale of Vincent Lingiarri. It seems a little thing, to stand on principle, but from little things, big things grow. Australia's Aboriginal land rights movement was born from this moment.

From Little Things Big Things Grow is a song composed in the late '80s about an aboriginal man named Vincent Lingiari and the events of the Wave Hill Walk-off. After listening to the song I feel as though I learnt something I wouldn't have if I had attempted to learn it through a text or anything besides a song.

Some people wouldn't notice the way the song tells a story of courage and determination. In the beginning it tells that Vincent Lingiari and the British Lord Vestey were two different men on two different sides. Vestey was larger than the average man and had lots of people to back him up in anything he did, whereas Vincent was small and only had his tribe on his side. The Gurindji’s were forced to work on the land they once called their own for barely anything at all, this is what started the wave hill walk-off. Vestey offered to give them each eighteen quid a week instead of nine if they backed down, but Vincent refused. The strike continued and Vincent flew out to Sydney, and as well as sharing his story, he spoke to big politicians who told him to back down because his people were hungry, but he said, and I quote, "No thanks, we know how to wait." He flew back and, after eight long years of waiting, Gough Whitlam poured threw his fingers a handful of sand, symbolizing that the land was once again owned by their tribe.

I think that the tone of the song was calm and relaxed, making it more informative than maybe a rock of heavy metal song would be, especially because you can understand more than three words. The wording was not too complex, making it so younger people knew what he was talking about, but the way the words were used make the song sound important, but not so much that it sounded too smart for a kid in primary school. I think Paul Kelly’s reason for writing the song was both to inform people and to show that he was proud of his Australian background.

Taylor from LyricsMode quoted "This song brings out the message of Aboriginal rights and their ownership of land. It explains about an Aboriginal man [Vincent Lingiari] that stands up for Aboriginal rights." And I agree with her! This is a beautiful song and is well written, it also sends a message…

From Little Things Big Things Grow.

I love this song it is really overwhelming when you hear it. And I really like the name Ojuan this song makes me go cray. What azure said is really disrespectful I hate that person there such a doosh bag. This song has alot of meanings so if you think there is no meaning at all well then you're a tirdnugget and a tirdburger.

This song represents the wave hill walk off and the gurindji people.
I think that the tone of the song was calm and relaxed, making it more informative than maybe a rock of heavy metal song would be, especially because you can understand more than three words. The wording was not too complex, making it so younger people knew what he was talking about, but the way the words were used make the song sound important, but not so much that it sounded too smart for a kid in primary school. I think Paul Kelly’s reason for writing the song was both to inform people and to show that he was proud of his Australian background.