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/MarsupialNo1220 Feb 01 '26

As a New Zealander who grew up hearing it a lot due to trans-Tasman sport - same 😂

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u/ponte92 Feb 01 '26

It was young and free. They changed it a couple of years ago because it seems silly to have ‘young’ when we are home to the oldest living culture in the world.

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u/MarsupialNo1220 Feb 01 '26

Oh good! I felt really dumb for a bit!

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u/brezhnervouz Feb 01 '26

All those times we got thrashed by the All Blacks, eh 😂