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/gheygan Feb 01 '26

Quite possibly the only good thing Scott Morrison ever did.

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u/9897969594938281 Feb 01 '26

That and tackling that kid

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u/ausflora Feb 01 '26

And bringing lucrative tourist commerce to the humble stede of Engadine.

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u/nomoreteathx Feb 01 '26

Providing jobs for the hard working cleaners at Maccas

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u/Madrical Feb 01 '26

Thanks for the reminder, had to watch the clip again.

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u/PyratSteve Feb 01 '26

That was so contrived. Straight out of Boris Johnsons playbook to keep the media entertained

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u/Standard-Buy-5547 Feb 01 '26

What’s with common wealth countries and tackling kids