A song inspired by the tragedy of Pannyweight Flat when almost 200 children were buried during the gold rush at Forest Creek in Victoria from 1852 to 1857.

The sound of cars in the distance on a country road somewhere
Magpies' noisy chatter fills the morning air
Gum trees mark God's Acre on the diggings where gold was found
And nearly two hundred children are sleeping underground

Their parents came to this country from lands across the seas
Drawn by tales of riches in the far Antipodes
On dusty roads they travelled to the diggings at Forest Creek
A better life for their children, here they came to seek

Chorus:
They came looking for a new life
Digging riches from the ground
But they dug the graves of their children
And at Pennyweight Flat they're found

Tents dotted the landscape and holes were everywhere
The search for their Eldorado brought anguish and despair
Many children died at these diggings, there's no denying that
And their parents carried their bodies up to Pennyweight Flat

Leaves and rocks lie scattered on Pennyweight's dry earth
My heart is filled with sadness when I think of these children's worth
Gum trees mark God's Acre on the diggings where gold was found
And nearly two hundred children are sleeping underground

And when the rush was over and time came to move on
There was heartache, there was sorrow, for their children who had gone
And the lonely graves remain here, in the bushland on the Flat
And their hopes and dreams lie with them - the goldfields saw to that