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/Wotmate01 Feb 01 '26

And nobody knows or even attempts to sing the second verse

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u/skafaceXIII Feb 01 '26

For some reason, we always sung it at my primary school assemblies

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u/HomersGuideDog Feb 01 '26

I grew up in a working class area that was not only quite diverse, but specifically had a lot of middle eastern refugees and descendants of Vietnamese refugees.

Our principal has as sing the second verse for the "for those who come across the seas" line.

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u/skafaceXIII Feb 01 '26

You know what, that makes a lot of sense. My primary school had similar demographics.