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Some moments in a nation's history are so significant, so uplifting and so unifying they become the inspiration for artists, thinkers and dreamers. They turn those moments into the food which nourishes the nation's soul - this song captures the hopes and dreams of a nation; a vision for a shared future and a desire for that moment to become a springboard towards equality.
Brett Solomon - Executive Director, GetUp
From Little Things Big Things Grow has its roots in songs like Woody Guthrie's Deportees and The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll by Bob Dylan. And those songs grew out of the soil of other older songs. The Get Up Mob just added another branch to the tree. Long may it fruit.
Paul Kelly
I see 'From Little Things Big Things Grow' as a soundtrack to positive change in this country. If it serves to accompany ‘regular Aussies’ in pursuing their own form of practically reconciling - then we're in business. As plain as the day itself we need to close the health and access gap between indigenous and non-indigenous people.
Tim Levinson - Urthboy
This is the first step, in a new beginning for Australia as a nation, to mature, denial of the past makes the future a lie - through history the victors have written the history of the vanquished...this contemporised version of the song transforms us from a negative concept of the past to the positive possibilities of the future...as someone once said 'from little things big things grow'.
Kev Carmody
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The apology to the Stolen Generations on 13 February 2008 marked a place in Australian history that The GetUp Mob - featuring Kev Carmody, Paul Kelly, Urthboy and Missy Higgins, have commemorated with the release on April 21 of the new GetUp StandUp version of 'From Little Things Big Things Grow'.
Now we must continue to remember the feelings and hope that grew out of the events on that day and plant the seed for a further process of reconciliation and equality for all Australian citizens.
Through this new GetUp Stand Up version of the classic Australian hit we hope to inspire and encourage Australians to GetUp and StandUp for the rights of Indigenous Australians.
After all, from little things, big things grow.
The GetUp Mob includes: Kev Carmody, Paul Kelly, Urthboy, Missy Higgins, Mia Dyson, Radical Son, Jane Tyrrell, Dan Sultan, Joel Wenitong and Ozi Batla.
Film clip featuring: John Butler, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Leah Purcell, Ernie Dingo, Anthony Mundine and Matty Bowen amongst others.
Right click here and "Save File As/Save Link As" to download high resolution album artwork. (6.6mb)
Right click here and "Save File As/Save Link As" to download the broadcast quality mp4 clip. (526mb) MD5: 3d00b4ac282ec10482444648fb26ca4a
Right click here and "Save File As/Save Link As" to download the mp3 audio track. (8.9mb) MD5: d11bc669b9d00e2053b5df0a3f133578
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