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Advance Australia Fair

Advance Australia Fair
The National Anthem booth at the 2005 Floriade, Canberra � on the J. Verbeeck fairground organ.
TitleAdvance Australia Fair
CaptionThe National Anthem booth at the 2005 Floriade, Canberra � on the J. Verbeeck fairground organ.
PrefixNational
CountryAustralia
AuthorPeter Dodds McCormick
Lyrics Date1878
ComposerPeter Dodds McCormick
Music Date1878
Adopted1984
SoundU.S. Navy Band, Advance Australia Fair (instrumental).ogg
Sound TitleAdvance Australia Fair (Instrumental)

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"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.

The earliest surviving recording of Advance Australia Fair features on the reenactment of "The Landing of the Australian Troops in Egypt" circa 1916.


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