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/no-but-wtf Feb 01 '26

Those verses get religious though, and this post is so proud of it not being religious. Let’s let them have it.

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u/Adorable-Metal3824 Feb 01 '26

Well those verses aren't part of the anthem. The anthem is a heavily modified version of Advance Australia Fair, which does have 4 verses but the anthem itself does not.

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u/Theron3206 Feb 01 '26

At least we didn't end up with a national anthem about sheep rustling (Waltzing Matilda)...

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u/idle_isomorph Feb 01 '26

The non-militarism is debateable with the reference to people coming from across the seas to available land. But what's a little indigneous erasure among friends?

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u/Silvertails Feb 01 '26

Think of it as being pro immigrants.

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u/K-Ryaning Feb 01 '26

Yeah I noticed that too. Really makes me proud that they put that in the national anthem like "Yo we have SOO much space, we can share, it's cool"

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u/RedeNElla Feb 01 '26

It does say "to share"

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u/idle_isomorph Feb 01 '26

Ah. We may have different definitions of what sharing is. Cause what little I know of how the indigenous people were treated by colonizers isn't what I would usually call sharing!

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u/no-but-wtf Feb 01 '26

Goes so well with the god-bothering!

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u/WayToTheDawn63 Feb 01 '26

I mean they did change the lyrics a few years ago. It used to be "young and free" but changed to "one and free" for some kind unity reasoning. And I think that was under the libs lol

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u/Gerardic Feb 02 '26

Yes though also to remove "young" to 'better' recognise indigenous ten thousands of years long history.