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	Song of Australia
		The "Song of Australia" was first heard at a public performance at the Oddfellows Hall, Gawler on 12 December 1859.
		Three verses of the song were sung by the choir at the opening ceremonies of the new Hall 10 months later.
		In South Australian and Northern Territory Lodges the first verse of the "Song of Australia" continues to be song by the brethren at the Festive Board, after the toast to Grand Lodge.
	www.freemasonrysaust.org.au /song-of-australia.html (256 words)

	Advance Australia Fair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Between that timeframe, the song was used inside of Australia as a patriotic song and to announce the news from the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
		The song quickly gained popularity and an amended version was sung by a choir of 10,000 at the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901.
		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 (1157 words)

	Gawler, South Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A British colony, South Australia was established as a commercial venture by the South Australia Company through the sale of land to free settlers at £1 per acre (£247/km²).
		Gawler was established by a 'special survey' for a syndicate of colonists and the town plan was devised by the colonial surveyor, William Light, the son of Francis Light who founded Penang, Malaysia.
		The result was The Song of Australia, written by Caroline J Carleton to music by Carl Linger.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gawler,_South_Australia (516 words)

	Song of Australia
		The Song of Australia was the result of a competition sponsored by the Gawler Institute in 1859 to celebrate its second anniversary.
		The music for the Song of Australia was composed by Carl Linger (1810-1862), who also received a prize of ten guineas.
		The Song of Australia impressed Charles Cameron Kingston, the Premier of South Australia, so much that he asked public school teachers to teach it to all their students.
	www.southaustralianhistory.com.au /song.htm (413 words)

	Symonds helps Australia to win - World - News - ECB
		Australia were grateful for Andrew Symonds’ unbeaten century as they clinched an unassailable 2-0 lead in their three-match one-day international series in Bangladesh.
		Australia then appeared to be in big trouble when, in the 13th over, Simon Katich (25) slashed the ball to Nafees at cover.
		Hussey (18) was bowled by Razzak attempting a wild slog from the final ball of the innings but by then he and Symonds had seen Australia to the 250 mark with Symonds recording his fifth ODI hundred.
	www.ecb.co.uk /news/world/symonds-on-song-for-australia,8049,EN.html (550 words)

	BBC SPORT \| AUSTRALIA V SOUTH AFRICA \| Openers on song for Australia
		You are in: You are in: Cricket: Australia v South Africa
		Australia's Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden earned a place in history as they both hit centuries in the third Test against South Africa.
		Australia, who have already won the three-match series 2-0, picked Stuart MacGill to play alongside fellow leg-spinner Shane Warne in a Test for the first time in three years, at the expense of Andy Bichel.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/cricket/specials/australia_v_south_africa/1737391.stm (473 words)

	Song of Gawler
		Song of Gawler was written by Judy Gillett-Ferguson, of Gawler, and set to the music of the famous Song of Australia.
		Song of Gawler was her first attempt at songwriting and has received critical acclaim.
		The original Song of Australia, launched in 1859, won first prize in a songwriting competition organised by the Gawler Institute committee.
	www.btinternet.com /~m.shade/shadows/songofgawler.html (360 words)

	Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Australia is a country whose beginning is very much like our own here in the United States.
		Australia is a continent, the largest island in the world.
		After listening to the song, the class will discuss their feelings of the song and compare the vocabulary in the song to the American vocabulary using the “What was that Again?” worksheet.
	students.uwsp.edu /mglei512/eportfolio/SubKnowledge/australiaunitplan.htm (2532 words)

	Pentagon funding whale song study off Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Researchers funded by the US Navy are studying humpback whale communications off eastern Australia in hopes of protecting the ocean giants from military sonar and other man-made noises, the project leader said Wednesday.
		Noad, from the University of Queensland, told the Australian Associated Press that a key part of the study would be monitoring the "songs" of male humpbacks as they migrate back to the Southern Ocean.
		"The humpbacks are famous for their songs but nobody knows for certain what their function is," he said, adding that the noises could involve mating calls or warnings by males to rivals.
	www.spacewar.com /2003/030910054351.qcb2oh1h.html (328 words)

	Australia and its States, Sports, Food, Animals and Plants
		Australia's present coat of arms was granted in 1912 by King George V of England.
		Australia has had its fair share of bush rangers and robbers but none so famous as Ned Kelly and his gang.
		In response to a request for help from Russia, which was being battered by the Turks in the Caucasus, the Allies decided to begin a campaign which they hoped would distract Turkey from their attack on Russia.
	www.angelfire.com /al2/Australia/Australia.html (937 words)

	Australia's Nationalsong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Since 1788 the British National Song "God save the King (Queen)" was the Australian Natonal Song, too.
		The second verse was rejected by the Australians and in 1984 it was replaced by the third verse.
		Australia is still a member of the Commonwealth.
	australia.stumpe.org /hymne/hymne_e.htm (178 words)

	Song Lyrics Australia - The Hive from EMI Music
		The Hive is the home to a great number of Australian and international artists from EMI Music Australia.
		At The Hive, you can read the song lyrics to your favourite tracks from Barricades and Brickwalls, including the hit single 'Not Pretty Enough'.
		The album was released in the UK and Italy in March and the US and Canada in July with the first single being 'Amazing'.
	www.emi.com.au /song_lyrics_australia.htm (401 words)

	Australia Now: Broadcasting
		The first official coat of arms of Australia was granted by a Royal Warrant of King Edward VII in 1908.
		A revised version of this song officially became Australia's national anthem in 1984 (see Fact Sheet on The Australian National Anthem).
		Three colour combinations traditionally had claim to be Australia's national colours: red, white and blue; blue and gold; and green and gold.
	www.dfat.gov.au /facts/australia_national_symbols.html (911 words)

	Australia Now - The Australian National Anthem
		A revised version of a late nineteenth century patriotic song, it was officially declared the national anthem on 19 April 1984.
		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 (741 words)

	Matilda waltzed it in for Olympics \| The Nation \| The Australian
		In 1974, the Whitlam government had adopted Advance Australia Fair as the national anthem, but the Fraser government decided in January 1976 that God Save The Queen be reinstalled for use on regal and vice-regal occasions.
		Documents released by the National Archives show a straw poll of the premiers had Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania plumping for Advance Australia Fair, Victoria opting for Waltzing Matilda and South Australia encouraging the playing of Song of Australia in Montreal (NSW had yet to nominate a preference).
		By 1977 a plebiscite found Advance Australia Fair to be the preferred anthem, a decision formally adopted by the Hawke government in 1974.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20995582-2702,00.html (482 words)

	Song Lyrics Australia - The Hive from EMI Music
		The Hive is the home to a great number of Australian and international artists from EMI Music Australia.
		At The Hive, you can read the song lyrics to your favourite tracks from Barricades and Brickwalls, including the hit single 'Not Pretty Enough'.
		The album was released in the UK and Italy in March and the US and Canada in July with the first single being 'Amazing'.
	www.emimusic.com.au /song_lyrics_australia.htm (401 words)

	Song of Songs
		Sights and Sounds of the Song of Songs Jay Treat presents a sampling of sights and sounds from the Song of Songs.
		Clines acknowledges that the Song of Songs will long remain one of those former classics even if society rejects the allocation of books to a classification of classic.
		Song of Songs of Solomon: Explanations and Reflections Having Reference to the Interior Life
	www.otgateway.com /songs.htm (326 words)

	Pentagon funding whale song study off Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Researchers funded by the US Navy are studying humpback whale communications off eastern Australia in hopes of protecting the ocean giants from military sonar and other man-made noises, the project leader said Wednesday.
		Noad, from the University of Queensland, told the Australian Associated Press that a key part of the study would be monitoring the "songs" of male humpbacks as they migrate back to the Southern Ocean.
		"The humpbacks are famous for their songs but nobody knows for certain what their function is," he said, adding that the noises could involve mating calls or warnings by males to rivals.
	www.terradaily.com /2003/030910054351.3qg0jkwf.html (328 words)

	Songs/waltzing matilda
		In 1974 an opinion poll was conducted to decide a new anthem, the choices being "Waltzing Matilda", "Advance Australia Fair" (the eventual winner with 51% of the poll) and "Song of Australia".
		The choices this time were "Waltzing Matilda" (28.3%), "Advance Australia Fair" (43.2%), "Song of Australia" (9.6%) and "God Save the Queen" (18.7%).
		Advance Australia Fair was re-adopted as the anthem in 1984.
	tafkac.org /songs/waltzing_matilda.html (396 words)

	The Australian National Anthem - Australia's Culture Portal
		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.
		The song was first performed in Sydney in 1878 and, interestingly, was sung at the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia by a choir of 10,000 people.
		South Australian Carl Linger wrote Song of Australia in 1860, which was suggested to the (then) Prime Minister in 1929 as a possible national anthem.
	www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au /articles/nationalanthem (847 words)

	Banana Joker Official Website - "A star is born 2003"
		The festival of italian original song in Australia "A star is born 2003"
		Also "Dona Ciurleo" singed at the festival "A star is born 2003" and the song "E' già domani" arrived at the 4th place.
		Two songs written by Pasquale Petrossi / Banana Joker was singed at the 2003 edition of "E' nata una Stella".
	www.bananajoker.com /eng/star_2003.htm (324 words)

	Musica Viva Australia - 2004 - The Song Company
		Australia’s premier vocal ensemble takes students on an a cappella musical voyage.
		The Song Company is guaranteed to wow audiences with its emotional spectrum of songs old and new.
		The Song Company has recordings on the Tall Poppies label: click here for more information
	www.mva.org.au /2004/performer.asp?id=113 (76 words)

	Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell Songfacts
		I recall Jim saying that he thought the mark of a true song writer was to be able to write a song at short notice about any subject.
		I heard him explain in an interview once that he puts these sorts of lines in a song because it acts as a hook, making people curious about the song, and also gives them the space to make their own meaning out of it.
		The song is about a worker with the the county Rural Electrification crew (note the references to overloads and strain from heavy power use in cold weather).
	www.songfacts.com /detail.php?id=3894 (1392 words)

	Song for Australia in Brisbane Taxi » Music Videos Located and Reviewed Online at Duncan’s TV
		Boparai, originally a teacher and author in India, emigrated to Australia in 1988.
		The new job gave him an opportunity to tell visitors to Australia about how great and diverse Australia really is. The Brisbane taxi driver wrote the song in 2003, recorded an album and started playing and singing his songs to his rides.
		2 Responses to “Song for Australia in Brisbane Taxi”
	www.music-videos.duncans.tv /2007/song-for-australia (389 words)

	Australia: Song mocking Tsunami charity stays on air
		Australia's national broadcaster ABC has posted a MP3 copy of a song mocking Australia's tsunami response on its website, despite criticism of its lyrics.
		ABC officials earlier declined to ban the song from its conventional broadcasting, saying it contained a serious message.
		But the head of Australian charity World Vision Australia Tim Costello described the song as "undergraduate cynicism" that did not reflect Australians' generosity.
	www.indexonline.org /en/indexindex/articles/2005/1/australia-song-mocking-tsunami-charity-stays.shtml (427 words)

	Amazon.com: Australia Ambassador of Song: Music: George Baker,Stuart Robertson,Stephen Adams,Anonymous,Edmond ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Songs of the Sea, for baritone voice, male chorus & orchestra (or voice & piano), No. 1, "Drake's Drum" Op.
		Songs of the Sea, for baritone voice, male chorus & orchestra, No. 3, "Devon, O Devon, in Wind and Rain" Op.
		Songs of the Sea, for baritone voice, male chorus & orchestra (or voice & piano), No. 5, "The Old Superb" Op.
	www.amazon.com /Australia-Ambassador-Song-George-Baker/dp/B0000632JZ (963 words)

	National Song Poll
		The only other national issue which was not a proposal to amend the Constitution was the poll for a national song, held on 21 May 1977.
		Voting was preferential as for a House of Representatives election, and after the distribution of preferences, Advance Australia Fair, became the national song.
		* Percentage of first preference votes recorded in favour of the individual songs - to formal votes
	www.aec.gov.au /_content/when/referendums/song.htm (66 words)

	About the USC Song Girls
		The Song Girls, together with the USC Trojan Marching Band, are the most visible public face of the University, and function as the ambassadors of spirit and good will for the Trojan Family.
		The members strive to maintain the image of the squad in their personal lives as well; they are well known and recognized anywhere they go, especially on campus and in the USC community.
		The Song Girls are highly committed and practice five days a week in addition to performances at sporting and other events.
	www.usc.edu /student-affairs/IMREC/spirit/song/about/about.html (534 words)

	Powell's Books - Australia
		One hundred years after the six Australian colonies voted to become a Federation, the country is struggling with the idea of a republic and a new Constitution and coming to terms with its tangled British legacy.
		This story is the song of Australia, and it sings its protest in a voice at once crude and delicate, menacing and heart-wrenching.
		As a young girl in a working-class neighborhood of Sydney, Australia, Geraldine Brooks longed to discover the places where history happens and culture comes from, so she enlisted pen pals who offered her a window on adolescence in the Middle East, Europe,...
	www.powells.com /usedbooks/Australia.1.html (740 words)

	SWAA - Song Writers Across Australia
		Songwriters Across Australia showcases independent and unsigned music and often radio firsts, never before performed or heard artists on community radio and TV.
		Songwriters Across Australia is broadcast 10pm Wednesdays, about half the stations take the show directly from the satilite and the remainder place show into their own scheduling via the DDN.
		Artists are interviewed and perform 4 songs recorded live for broadcast.
	www.swaa.com.au (185 words)

	Xbox in a song!? - XBox World Australia User Forum
		There was one in a song on Rove Live ages ago, I think the band was Tripod, and I think the words went: "That Xbox is the best present I ever bought you"
		I remember hearing one in a 50 cent song, though I forgot the title.
		I know of a Snoop Dogg song called Joysticc or something, its pretty sleazy.
	www.xboxworld.com.au /forum/showthread.php?t=39095 (172 words)

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