Advance Australia Fair

Advance Australia Fair
	National anthem of Australia
Lyrics	Peter Dodds McCormick, November 1878
Music	Peter Dodds McCormick, November 1878
Adopted	9 April 1974
Readopted	19 April 1984
Relinquished	22 January 1976
Preceded by	"God Save the Queen"
Audio sample
	Royal Australian Navy Band instrumental version (one verse) file; help;

"Advance Australia Fair" is the national anthem of Australia. Written by Scottish-born Australian composer Peter Dodds McCormick, the song was first performed as a patriotic song in Australia in 1878. It replaced "God Save the Queen" as the official national anthem in 1974, following a nationwide opinion survey, only for "God Save the Queen" to be reinstated in January 1976. However, a plebiscite to choose the national song in 1977 preferred "Advance Australia Fair", which was in turn reinstated as the national anthem in 1984. "God Save the Queen" became the royal anthem (later "God Save the King" on the ascension of King Charles III), and is used at public engagements attended by the King or members of the monarchy of Australia. The lyrics of the 1984 version of "Advance Australia Fair" were modified from McCormick's original and its verses were trimmed down from four to two. In January 2021, the official lyrics were changed once again, in recognition of the long habitation of Indigenous Australians.