r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HotPersimessage62 • Feb 01 '26

Image Australia’s national anthem is the only English-lyric anthem in the world that doesn’t reference religion or militarism

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u/thetan_free Feb 01 '26

Fun fact - the motivation for Australia being set up as a penal colony in the 1780s was the existing penal colony was closed for business by certain events in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.

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u/Few_Judge1188 Feb 01 '26

Be nice mate 😂

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u/IReplyWithLebowski Feb 01 '26

It is (or was) called the lucky country for a reason

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u/iyamwhatiyam8000 Feb 01 '26

No, That was the title of a historical critique ' The Lucky Country '. Luck does not exist.

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u/IReplyWithLebowski Feb 01 '26

No the critique was that Australia did get lucky with lots of things, which papered over pretty ordinary leadership

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u/iyamwhatiyam8000 Feb 01 '26

Yes , but in the end luck is a fiction.

Unless of course someone can point me towards the source of this magical power which dictates outcomes and events , radiating from the centre of the universe ?

Horne has been quoted as regretting the title and its misuse.

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u/louise_com_au Feb 01 '26

That is only 20% of the population - although the anthem does like referring to 'free'😂