Advance Australia Fair is the national anthem of Australia. It was written by the Scottish-born composer Peter Dodds McCormick, and was first performed in Sydney in late 1878. It became popular around the time of Federation in 1901 and was sung at various occasions, but for many decades the official anthem was God Save the Queen. After polls and debate in the 1970s, Advance Australia Fair was chosen by a national vote in 1977, and it was formally declared the anthem in 1984, with some of the words changed, such as changing the opening line from Australia's sons to Australians all. In 2021, the words were changed again, to replace young and free with one and free.
Before and after
- 10 May 1878Birth of Gustav Stresemann
- from 13 June 1878 to 13 July 1878Congress of Berlin
- 13 July 1878Treaty of Berlin of 1878
- from 22 October 1878 to 30 September 1890Gesetz gegen die gemeingefährlichen Bestrebungen der Sozialdemokratie
- November 1878Advance Australia Fair
- November 1878Birth of Lise Meitner
- 18 December 1878Birth of Joseph Stalin
- 1879Discovery of samarium
- 1879Discovery of thulium
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1830Publication of Book of Mormon
- 1857Rise of Symbolism
- 1890Rise of Art Nouveau
- 28 December 1895The Lumiere brothers hold the first public film screening
- c. 1900sRise of Expressionism
- 1909Rise of Futurism
The era
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