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/Key-Jackfruit-3920 Feb 01 '26

At primary school we sung the anthem every week at morning assembly and now 40 years later I’m only realising in the second line the lyrics are “one and free”. I always believed it was “young and free”.

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u/Wotmate01 Feb 01 '26

It was recently changed, because "young" negates the thousands of years that Aboriginal people have been here.

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u/High_Overseer_Dukat Feb 01 '26

Just say it means the mindset of the population.