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- 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!"
- 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!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L38tqnRfShk
It's performed by Anthony Callea of Australian Idol '04, who has also done pretty well for himself singing The Prayer too...
This wasn't made official anthem till the mid-eighties, after some of the lyrics in the traditional patriotic song were modified or deleted...
