Our National Anthems

Australia effectively has two national anthems. The first, Advance Australia Fair, is the official one. The second, Waltzing Matilda, is the unofficial anthem.

The popularity of Waltzing Matilda can probably be attibuted to the fact that God Save The Queen was the official anthem until the 1990's and so many Australians had no wish for that to be sung. Indeed, I can even remember going to football finals as a young bloke and the crowd drowning out the anthem.

On this page, you can hear both anthems.

This is the first time I have tried to embed musical pieces in the web page, so PLEASE let me know if it isn't working properly or you know of a better way to do this.

	Advance Australia Fair
	Waltzing Matilda

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