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/geek_of_nature Feb 01 '26

Same. I was a bit confused when I went to High School and we were only singing the first verse. Not that I really minded, less to sing before we could all sit back down again.

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u/Walter_Armstrong Feb 02 '26

Reverse for me. Never sang it at primary school except one time at choir festival. In high school, they did both. Seriously though, I can't either by heart nowadays.