50 years on, Advance Australia Fair no longer reflects the values of many. What could replace it?
- Written by: Wendy Hargreaves, Senior Learning Advisor, University of Southern Queensland
On April 8 1974, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam announced to parliament the nation’s new national anthem: Advance Australia Fair.
Australia was growing up. We could stop saving “our gracious Queen” and rejoice in being “young” and “girt”.
Finding a new anthem hadn’t been easy. There were unsuccessful son...