Advance Australia Fair

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 history's page let every stage
Advance Australia Fair.
In joyful strains, then, let us sing,
Advance Australia Fair.

 

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"Advance Australia Fair" was proclaimed as Australia's national anthem on 19 April 1984. Most recordings, including The Seekers' version from 1994, include only the first verse. The second verse reads as follows:

 

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.