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  Advance Australia Fair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Advance Australia Fair is the official national anthem of Australia.
Advance Australia Fair was composed by Peter Dodds McCormick in the late 19th century, and first performed by Andrew Fairfax at a Highland Society function in Sydney on St Andrew's Day, (30 November 1878).
Advance Australia Fair was adopted as the national anthem on 19 April, 1984 by a decision of the Labor government of Bob Hawke, although it required a proclamation by the Governor-General for the decision to become official.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Advance_Australia_Fair   (1007 words)

  
 ZNet Commentary: Advance Australia Fair?
Despite the fact that Australia’s official whites-only immigration policy was supposedly adjusted alongside its growing dependence on exports to Japan and other Asian markets decades ago, and thanks to the genocide of Indigenous Peoples, 92% of Australia’s population is white.
From the genesis of the White Australia Policy, to its blocking the right of the federal court to review refugee review tribunal decisions to its support for the recent anti-refugee laws, its track record is little better.
Australia talks about multiculturalism, Australia promotes human rights everywhere, so why chase another group of refugees...you’re using the army and things, people and military to chase people away.
www.zmag.org /Sustainers/content/2001-11/08choudry.cfm   (1956 words)

  
 Advance Australia Fair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Listen to and read the lyrics to Australia's national anthem, "Advance Australia Fair," and read the 1984 declaration that made it the anthem.
Advance Australia Fair is the official national anthem of Australia, not, contrary...
Advance Australia Fair was proclaimed as our national anthem after exhaustive surveys of national opinion...
www.australiacares.org /advanceaustraliafair.html   (199 words)

  
 Australia Now - The Australian National Anthem
Peter McCormick died in 1916 and ‘Advance Australia Fair' became free of copyright in 1966.
On Australia Day, 26 January, in 1972, the number of entries (400) received in an Australia-wide national anthem quest gave an indication of the interest in a new anthem.
The results were: ‘Advance Australia Fair' 43.2 per cent, ‘Waltzing Matilda' 28.3 per cent, ‘God Save the Queen' 18.7 per cent and ‘Song of Australia' 9.6 per cent.
www.dfat.gov.au /facts/nat_anthem.html   (733 words)

  
 Advance Australia Fair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1977 the National Song Poll was held and again Advance Australia Fair was the clear choice.
Advance Australia Fair was proclaimed as the national anthem on 19 April 1984 by the Governor-General.
Since 1985 God Save the Queen/King and Advance Australia Fair are played at official functions attended by the royal family.
users.tpg.com.au /users/bev2000/anthem.htm   (96 words)

  
 Advance Australia Fair resources on the Web - Advance Australia Fair Original Lyrics Homepage - at Lachlan Cranswick's ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Australia's national anthem, Advance Australia Fair, is a revised version of the late 19th century patriotic song.
Australia's sons let us rejoice, Söhne Australiens, laßt uns froh jubeln, For we are young and free, daß wir jung und frei sind, We've golden soil and wealth for toil, goldene Böden und Reichtümer an Arbeit haben, Our home is girt by sea.
Australia’s multicultural identity was invented in the 1970s and probably reached its high point in the 1988 Bicentenary.
lachlan.bluehaze.com.au /aaf/aafweb.html   (6394 words)

  
 The Australian National Anthem
Peter Dodds McCormick's Advance Australia Fair was officially declared Australia's national anthem by the Governor-General on 19 April 1984, close to 160 years after the first alternative anthems were put forward.
Carl Linger wrote Song of Australia in 1860, which was suggested to the (then) Prime Minister in 1929 as a possible national anthem.
At the same time, Advance Australia Fair was finally declared to be the official national anthem.
www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au /articles/nationalanthem   (779 words)

  
 Advance Australia Fair
Asian markets decades ago, and thanks to the genocide of Indigenous Peoples, 92% of Australia's population is white.  New immigrants still come predominantly from Europe, the former Soviet Union, South Africa and North America.
Over the past month, Australia has moved quickly to use the new laws, its soldiers boarding and forcing an Indonesian-registered vessel carrying asylum-seekers back into international waters within days of the passage of the legislation.  Soldiers forcibly removed Iraqi refugees from a boat who were refusing to go ashore at Nauru.
Figures released in mid-October show that Australia's policy of intercepting and diverting boat people to their ultimate destination has so far cost A $103 million.  This does not include the cost of sending six frigates and several airforce planes to boost patrols for illegal immigrants.
www.arena.org.nz /azrefug.htm   (1087 words)

  
 Advance Australia Fair
I mean you now my views on the Australian flag and even though, you know, when the opportunity was there I had a different view, I think that Advance Australia Fair has grown in affection in the hearts of Australians and the experience of it at the Olympic Games was extraordinary.
Girt by sea needs to be celebrated and if we can't do that regularly when Australia enjoys its sporting triumphs, at the beginning or our school assemblies and I think something would be lost that is new and decent and essential to the Australian character.
Advance Australia Fair strikes a sour note (article by Craig Emerson in The Australian, 2 January 2001)
www.hamilton.net.au /advance/links.html   (908 words)

  
 Australian National Anthem - Advance Australia Fair, Lyrics and Music midi
Then they decided to have some sort of competition where the general public were to submit songs etc. Anyway apparently none were considered good enough.
"Advance Australia Fair" was already a fairly popular song among Australians.
Images Australia would not have a problem with that in fact it would suit Australia's quirky streak.
www.imagesaustralia.com /australiannationalanthem.htm   (565 words)

  
 Advance australia fair piano   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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 Advance Australia Fair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Origins and history of Advance Australia Fair, including lyrics and audio files.
Advance Australia Fair is the national anthem of Australia.
It is a revised version of a late 19th century patriotic song, and was officially declared the national anthem on April 19, 1984.
www.ausinvn.com /advance-australia-fair.html   (182 words)

  
 Advance Australia Fair - Local teams strong contenders for Farr 40 World title
The Rolex Farr 40 World Championship is coming to Sydney this March, and there are a number of local teams looking to ensure the trophy remains there well beyond the end of the regatta.
The biggest advantage in the Australian teams favour is perhaps the notorious ocean swell, which makes for challenging sailing beyond the shelter of Sydney Harbour.
Richard Perini, owner/driver of local Farr 40 Evolution, says the conditions could prove crucial to the outcome of the forthcoming Worlds, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia from 1-4 March.
www.yachting.org.au /?Page=15262   (738 words)

  
 Advance Australia Fair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Some of the lyrics, particularly the word "girt", are odd by modern standards, and the tune is perhaps not as inspiring as La Marseillaise, or Land Of Hope and Glory (the English anthem with a tune borrowed from Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance" march).
Some ambiguity also comes from the popularity of Waltzing Matilda, which is almost universally regarded as a much finer tune and has been part of the Australian imagination almost since its composition 120 years ago.
Australia's sons 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 history's page, let every stage Advance Australia fair!
brandt.kurowski.net /projects/lsa/wiki/view.cgi?doc=442   (706 words)

  
 ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR
The games are a unifying and enjoyable pursuit for the mass population of Australia.
As I mentioned before to jo36,I am sure your take on the Olympics in Australia is correct, you view it from a different prospective than mine of course.
Thank you Australia, you proved twice in the same year that you are a class act.
www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/funlight/44817/14-23   (1438 words)

  
 Advance Australia fair!
So like I said, Mark and I decided that we'd had enough of Ireland and all of it's trappings, so we decided to head to Australia on the working holiday (*hah!*) visa.
We made a couple of stops along the way in Kalgoorlie, the place where all the Gold is in Western Australia, and in a little place called Cook which has a population of 4 (3 men, 1 woman), which is the otherside of the Nullabor Plain.
South Australia has the distinction of being the only place where no convicts were sent in Australia, and so there is a very colonial feel left from the rich settlers who lived here.
www.redbrick.dcu.ie /~orly/oz.htm   (807 words)

  
 Advance Australia Fair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
a prominent member of the Presbyterian Church and composer of "Advance, Australia Fair." The late Mr...
with the patriotic song, "Advance Australia Fair", which was first sung by...
Up until 1974, Australia's national anthem was God Save the Queen, but now we have our very own and it's called Advance Australia Fair.
www.esouthpacific.com /advance-australia-fair.html   (204 words)

  
 Advance Australia Fair
"Advance Australia Fair" (The National Anthem of Australia) was composed by Peter Dodds McCormick sometime around the turn of this century.
Several versions with different combinations of the verses are found in different references.
Notably, the original first line was "Australia's sons let us rejoice", however this has been replaced with the more 'politically correct' first line as follows...
jmm.aaa.net.au /articles/651.htm   (142 words)

  
 Australian National Anthem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1974 the Australian Bureau of Statistics conducted a national opinion poll of 60,000 and in 1977 a plebiscite for a national song was conducted.
On each occasion, Advance Australia Fair was the preferred option, and it was in consideration of such support that Advance Australia Fair was proclaimed as the national anthem by the Governor-General on 19 April 1984.
Advance Australia Fair - Royal Australian Air Force Central Band
www.pm.gov.au /aus_in_focus/nat_symbols/anthem.html   (85 words)

  
 Advance Australia Fair homepage - Trying to reconstruct the original uncensored and unsanitised versions Advance ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Advance Australia Fair homepage - Trying to reconstruct the original uncensored and unsanitised versions Advance Australia Fair (presently the Australian National Anthem) - Welcome to Lachlan Cranswick's Personal Homepage in Melbourne, Australia
Original uncensored and unsanitised versions of "Advance Australia Fair" (AAF) (presently the Australian National Anthem)
Advance Australia Fair [march music] 1890 (From Paling's march album.
lachlan.bluehaze.com.au /aaf   (635 words)

  
 Advance Australia Fair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I arrive in Sydney and plunge full-on into the world's largest peacetime event.
I discover just how boring Australia's largest city can be.
I become a true backpacker, encountering many of Australia's wonders along the way.
www.mts.net /~arphaxad/australia.html   (83 words)

  
 Australia's Anthem - Advance Australia Fair
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Please visit this site for Sheet Music and for the words in PDF format (Business card size, A 4 size etc).
www.australia-migration.com /page/Australias_Anthem/126   (105 words)

  
 Advance Australia Fair Bass Tab by Misc @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
Advance Australia Fair Bass Tab by Misc @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
In hist-ry's page let ev'-ry stage ad-vance Australia Fair G9--10-9---7-------5----4---6--0----5--9-----5--7--4---5--------
In joyful strains then let us sing Ad-vance Australia Fair
www.ultimate-guitar.com /tabs/m/misc/advance_australia_fair_btab.htm   (103 words)

  
 Australia's National Anthem - Advance Australia Fair
His Excellency, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, issued the following Proclamation on 19 April 1984:
(c) that the Vice-Regal Salute to be used in the presence of His Excellency the Governor-General shall consist of the first four bars and the last four bars of the tune known as Advance Australia Fair;
(e) that green and gold (Pantone Matching System numbers ll6C and 348C as used for printing on paper) shall be the national colours of Australia for use on all occasions on which such colours are customarily used.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/5557/anthem.html   (214 words)

  
 Genesis Networks - Advance Australia Fair
Another web site with information about Advance Australia Fair is:
And here is a Midi file of the Music:
God Save The Queen - Australia's Royal Anthem
www.genesis.net.au /~anthems/aaf.html   (139 words)

  
 (GCT5BK) Advance Australia Fair by The Morris & Romax
(GCT5BK) Advance Australia Fair by The Morris and Romax
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