Despite the popularity of Banjo Paterson's 'Waltzing Matilda', and it's status as the officially unofficial Anthem of Australians, Advance Australia Fair is the National Anthem since 1984.
'Australians all, let us rejoice,
For we are young 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 hist'ry's page, let ev'ry stage
Advance Australia Fair
CHORUS
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.
CHORUS
In joyful strains then let us sing
"Advance Australia Fair"
About Me
- Gareth, Anne and Phil
- Going for broke, starting from scratch with nothing at all, not even clothing, we intend to raise the necessary resources, bit by bit, without any cash ever changing hands, to set off on the 25,000km journey from Brisbane, anti-clockwise around Australia, to arrive back at Brisbane. We will discard all our possessions, relying wholly on the kindness of others to provide us with everything we need to navigate around the continent. We work the whole way around, doing as many jobs offered to us as possible and give up every single cent of our wages to Book Aid International. At the end of our adventure we will keep nothing but our footage, pictures and stories. All we've been given, that we have not used, will be auctioned off, with proceeds going towards the promotion of Child Literacy. We will keep nothing for ourselves save the proof that Australians are fair dinkum the worlds friendliest people.
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