Learn the words to Australia’s national anthem, plus the meaning behind key lyric changes and how the song became the country’s official anthem.

On April 8 1974, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam announced to parliament the nation’s new national anthem: Advance Australia Fair. Australia was growing up. We could stop saving “our gracious Queen” and ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia amended its national anthem to remove reference to the country being "young and free" amid calls to recognise that its Indigenous people are the oldest continued ...

There’s anger over a decision not to play the National Anthem at the official opening of the Australian War Memorial’s $500 ...