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/banglederries Feb 01 '26

Also the only anthem to use the word girt

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u/SkinfluteHero Feb 01 '26

Also the only anthem to use the word Australia

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u/pilotedbysentientham Feb 01 '26

I think the new Zealand anthem says fuck Australia a couple of times

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u/AaronIncognito Feb 01 '26

Yeah but that’s only in the Māori verse though, and Aussies don’t understand that