The Royal and National Anthem of Australia

Royal Anthem: "God Save the Queen"
National Anthem: "Advance Australia Fair"

"God Save the Queen":
God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen:
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us:
God save the Queen.

"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.

"Advance Australia Fair" is the official national anthem of Australia. Created by the Scottish--born composer, Peter Dodds McCormick, the song was first performed in 1878, but did not gain its status as the official anthem until 1984. Until then, the song was sung in Australia as a patriotic song. In order for the song to become the anthem, it had to face a vote between the Royal anthem God Save the Queen, the "unofficial anthem" Waltzing Matilda and Song of Australia. Other songs and marches have been influenced from Advance Australia Fair, such as the Australian Vice-Regal salute.

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[endofday11]

Our beloved Queen who is 86 years of age in 2012, and has reigned for 60 years over ALL her peoples with dignity and kindness. Australia you may not have time for the poms, but you should respect this great Lady. It takes an irishman to comment 'uh matey' - we expect nothing else from this curse of a Nation -Ireland who lives off the British Taxpayer, and then insults us. Our Queen - yes we are very proud of her. Better than having an ugly republic - like Ireland.

[borjanristovski]

God save the Queen of Australia!!

[TheDieStem]

@TheDieStem *her

[TheDieStem]

@MTPatriot Here Dad, George VI did that. Only South Africa and Fiji (and a one other I think) have become republics since her reign began.

[Lionels7newzealand]

notice god save the queen is first THATS GOOd

[MarkJSau]

@irishgodfatherchris surely our use of the anthem does not relate to the winning of things as ephemeral as olympic gold medals :-) The tune was in use after an opinion poll in 1974 and then more officially after the national poll in 1977

[irishgodfatherchris]

@MarkJSau thats impossible especially seeing as how in the '76 Olympics we didn't win any gold medals

[MarkJSau]

@irishgodfatherchris err... 1976, actually

[MTPatriot]

@endofday11 Despite  being the rebel American, I must say that for all Her Majesty's accomplishments, she still presided over the deconstruction, hence destruction , of the once great British Empire. Under her watch, Britain declined to a second rate power from a first rate power...still even I say: "God Save the Queen"

[irishgodfatherchris]

@lukebsearle but we'd been using Advance Australia Fair at things like the Olympic Games since about '72.

[lukebsearle]

@irishgodfatherchris

God Save the Queen ceased to be the national anthem in 1984 but was made the Royal Anthem

PROCLAMATION

By His Excellency the

Governor-General of

the Commonwealth of

Australia

I, SIR NINIAN MARTIN STEPHEN, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby declare - that the anthem "God Save The Queen" shall henceforth be known as the Royal Anthem ...