Here's "ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR" currently http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Australia_Fair#Lyrics .

It takes in "one" in the 2nd line

I think its improved if the Archaic/Germanic god-awful "girt" is removed from the 4th line - done. So here tis:

Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are one and free;
We've golden soil and wealth for toil;
Our home, SURROUNDED BY OUR 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."
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Whadayareckon fellow OLOsters?

What about God Save The Queen?

After all, The Queen is our Head of State.

Dear Pete,

Well done!

P.S.

I've had another think about "I Am Australian" and the special place it gives Aborigines

is overdone, out of proportion and would always be polarising.

It will also encourage calls to give Aborigines a special RACIAL ARISTOCRATIC "Voice"

under the Constitution.

Which will ultimately boil down to a Third Chamber/House of Parliament for Aboriginal Concerns

- which could apply Veto Power to ALL ISSUES considered by or passed by the House of Reps and Senate.

Hi Pete,

Perhaps if we could insert a clause about "Equal Rights for All" somewhere ? No special rights for anyone ? No UBER-MENSCH, no UNTER-MENSCH, on any pretext ?

Joe

God Save The Queen is the Royal Anthem.

Why don't we mix some of the words and melody of the Australian Anthem with the Royal Anthem? Should work.

We can get Gladys Liu MP, who is a former(?) affiliate of the Chinese Communist Party, to record it thus giving it a real touch of multiculturalism.

I reckon it's winner.