Australian national anthem: Advance Australia Fair

Advance Australia Fair was written by Scottish-born composer, Peter Dodds McCormick in 1878, and included 4 verses. In 1984, the National Australia Day Council recommended that the anthem be reduced to 2 verses with some changes.

This is the official anthem we sing today:

Advance Australia Fair

Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are one and free;
We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil;
Our home is girt by sea;
Our land abounds in nature’s gifts
Of beauty rich and rare;
In history’s page, let every stage
Advance Australia Fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance Australia Fair.

Beneath our radiant Southern Cross
We’ll toil with hearts and hands;
To make this Commonwealth of ours
Renowned of all the lands;
For those who’ve come across the seas
We’ve boundless plains to share;
With courage let us all combine
To Advance Australia Fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance Australia Fair.

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