Advance Australia Fair

Adopted in 1984

Words by PETER DODDS MCCORMICK (1834-1916)

Australians all let us rejoice
For we are young and free;

We've golden soil and wealth for toil;

Our home is girt by sea;

Our land abounds in nature's gifts

Of beauty rich and rare; 

In history's page, let every stage

Advance Australia Fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing

Advance Australia Fair.



Beneath our radiant Southern Cross

We'll toil with hearts and hands;

To make this Commonwealth of ours

Renowned of all the lands;

For those who've come across the seas

We've boundless plains to share; 

With courage let us all combine

To Advance Australia Fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing

Advance Australia Fair.



Lyrics and Music: Amicus (Pen Name of Peter Dodds McCormick), 1878
Adopted: 1984