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The lyrics of "Advance Australia Fair", as modified by the National Australia Day Council, were officially adopted in April 1984. [29] The lyrics were updated on 1 January 2021 [ 30 ] in an attempt to recognise the legacy of Indigenous Australians , with the word "one" in the second line replacing the previous "young". [ 31 ]
This was the third plebiscite to be held in Australia, following two regarding military service in 1916 and 1917. [1] "Advance Australia Fair", was the winner, however the anthem was not given official status. Subsequently, in 1984 the song was declared the national anthem with lyrics significantly modified from the original.
His obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald stated: "Mr. McCormick established a reputation with the patriotic song, Advance Australia Fair, which ... has come to be recognised as something in the nature of an Australian National Anthem". [1] [5] The song was performed by massed bands at the Federal capital celebrations in Canberra in 1927. In ...
A plebiscite held in 1977 preferred "Advance Australia Fair" as the exclusive "national song", to exist alongside the national anthem of "God Save the Queen". The subsequent Labor Hawke government later advised the proclamation of "Advance Australia Fair" as the national anthem in 1984, with "God Save the Queen" redesignated as the royal anthem.
"The Song of Australia" was composed as the result of 1859 competition to create a "patriotic song", sponsored by the Gawler Institute in Adelaide. The winning lyrics were written by an English-born poet, Caroline Carleton , and the music chosen by the judges was composed by the German-born Carl Linger (1810-1862), [ 1 ] a prominent member of ...
Australians singing their national anthem will now have to adjust for a minor, but symbolic, change to its lyrics. As part of an effort to include the tens of thousands of years of Indigenous ...
--TammyMoet 08:27, 7 July 2012 (UTC) Further to the OP's original question, the tune is a hymn tune but I can't remember which one it is. I'm asking around. It's definitely not Advance Australia Fair! --TammyMoet 08:33, 7 July 2012 (UTC) OK. We're making headway here. There are 3 different non-bawdy versions of the lyrics here.
In 2010, a Luritja woman, Alison Anderson, and singer-song writer, Ted Egan, translated Advance Australia Fair into Luritja, and in 2011 published a kit of materials aimed at teaching the song to schoolchildren, and promoting the translation of Advance Australia Fair into other indigenous languages.