Over the years there have been/were rumblings about Australia wanting/needing a new national anthem’.
God save the King (Queen) had been used since Federation in 1901.
The Australian National Anthem and Flag Quests Committee, a non-government body, launched a competition for a new national flag and anthem in August 1971. By Australia Day 1972 over 400 hundred entries had been received.
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Different ‘songs’ were put forward at different times and it took many more years before Advance Australia Fair was decided on.
One of the earlier candidates was called God bless Australia.
God Bless Australia was a proposed 1961 Australian national anthem by Australian songwriter Jack O’Hagan who provided patriotic lyrics to the traditional tune of Waltzing Matilda. source
This is it – a very emotive, nationalistic, tugging at the heartstrings song that dare I say, in certain ways it sounds very similar to a song associated with another country!
Happy Australia Day everyone- enjoy today January 26th 2024
Still Waters 
Happy Australia day to you, Cathy!
I liked the waltzing matilda music but our current anthem is more comprehensive, I feel.
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I’ve always liked God Bless Australia but decades later in current times, it is perhaps best that a song mentioning God wasn’t used.
Happy Australia Day and don’t read my misery guts post for the day.
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I like God Bless Australia’s use of Waltzing Matilda, a tune with a lot of history.
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Happy Australia Day! I like it! I like it! I’m sure it’s easier to sing than the Star Spangled Banner.
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Happy Australia Day! I know Waltzing Matilda well.
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Happy Australia Day, I like the song, but don’t know the other one so can’t compare. I do hope it is easier to sing than Ours is. I like the first video of it better than the 2nd one.. Next thing we will see here is someone trying to remove the word God from God Bless America.
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Happy Australia Day! Always makes me remember grandfather.
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belated happy Australia Day
we don’t have a dedicated New Zealand Day – other than now we have Waitangi Day and more recently Makariki (?sp) Day.
but every region has an anniversary day, no all always on the same weekend or even just one region. Auckland has it this weekend but it appears its’ co-joined with my new region Waikato
the weather has changed down, still warm, just not stinking hot!
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happy Aussie day. I choose to celebrate our wonderful diverse country. We are not perfect but we are still here having a go
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