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    Originally posted by drivesafe
    <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">NOW BACK TO THE Sh*t SONG.</span>
    I reckon the old "Light up a Viscount, a Viscount, the best of them all" was a better anthem.

    You young'uns won't know that one.

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    Do you think by changing the Flag or national anthem that it would change you or your beliefs or who you are??

    Or are we just wanting something to winge about and don't really care what the flag is or who knows more words of the anthem then someone else :?
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    Steinzy, the flag has been here since federation and now has a very important history.

    That song, as a National Anthem, is something new and as stated above, is a joke and means nothing.

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    Sorry I was just having fun stirring you up
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    ouch thats gotta hurt ! 8O

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    here's the whole box and dice. knock yourself out







    Advance Australia Fair

    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!”

    When gallant Cook from Albion sail’d,
    To trace wide oceans o’er,
    True British courage bore him on,
    Till he landed on our shore.
    Then here he raised Old England’s flag,
    The standard of the brave;
    With all her faults we love her still,
    Brittannia rules the wave!
    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!”

    While other nations of the globe
    Behold us from afar,
    We’ll rise to high renown and shine
    Like our glorious southern star;
    From England, Scotia, Erin’s Isle,
    Who come our lot to share,
    Let all combine with heart and hand
    To advance Australia fair!
    In joyful strains then let us sing
    “Advance Australia fair!”

    Shou’d foreign foe e’er sight our coast,
    Or dare a foot to land,
    We’ll rouse to arms like sires of yore
    To guard our native strand;
    Brittannia then shall surely know,
    Beyond wide ocean’s roll,
    Her sons in fair Australia’s land
    Still keep a British soul.
    In joyful strains the let us sing
    “Advance Australia fair!”


    should see the lyrics to "god save the queen", the last verse goes on about killing scotsmen!
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    Anthem

    And I thuoght the first line was__"Australians all like ostriches"
    Something like that anyway.

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    there's a great version of the national anthem by "the sensitive new-age cowpersons" that resembles the 'athletes" version previously posted.


    australians all let us rejoice for we are young and free
    daa dum dum dum de dah dedum (mumbled)
    our home is girt by sea
    dah da dum ...and something else (mumbled)
    with beauty rich and rare
    de dum de dum dah dum de dum advance australia fair
    with lots of things and fencing wire
    advance australia fair
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    I don't think my thoughts on this are any great surprise

    Originally posted by p38arover

    The Union Jack is NOT the English flag so it doesn't symbolise the English - too many people think that. <span style="color:red">Hmmm, how come they fly the thing everywhere and have it at sporting events (e.g. Cricket) that only involve England</span>

    I like it because it shows the heritage of those in the First Fleet - people from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    Originally posted by p38arover
    I also said that the Union Jack in our flag represents (in my eyes) those in the First Fleet. I don't think we have to change our flag to represent all those who came later.
    MMMM I'm pretty sure most of the "Celts" on board those rat rafts were not represented by "that" flag. Many were there because of their defiance of it.
    Australia had an Aboriginal population eons ago, we have had a LARGE Chinese population since the 1850's, 40% of the population is from Irish Descent. - NONE of these are represented by that thing in the corner, nor did they come later.
    Nor is there any such thing as the U.K.
    It has NEVER been a united kingdom. And Ireland has NEVER been part of it. Under force of arms the Brits perpetuated this myth. A kingdom isn't united by death, slavery, destruction, or eradication of a different culture.

    Originally posted by drivesafe
    far FAR more Australians have fought and died under the present flag, it stands to reason that this IS our flag.
    They died under a different anthem. What happened to that! 8O
    Most died under the Union Jack, particularly in WW1. The majority of the time the Aussie flag wasn't even allowed to be flown, especially when that other thing was present. In WW11, when Singapore was retaken, and when Changi was "freed", an Australian flag was flown, only to be taken down and the Jack put up.

    RIGHT -On to the anthem, I like it, know the original 2 verses, but think it doesnt do the country justice, nor is it a stirring number.

    Jokingly, Waltzing Matilda is truly representative.
    A tune ripped off from the Scots, written by a drunk - about a thief who necks himself!!!

    I like God defend New Zealand (but that's not representative of others either)
    I like the French "La Marseillaise"
    I detest "God Save the Queen" Not just 'cause I detest royalty etc.., but it doesn't say jack squat about the people. country or anything else.

    Of course I love "Amhán na bhFiann" (A Soldiers Song), the Irish National Anthem....it says something, and it is stirring

    National symbols are supposed to inspire patriotism and unity. Australians are patriotic, but our national symbols do not promote Unity.

    That's enough political shiite from me :roll:

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    Originally posted by FenianEel
    I don't think my thoughts on this are any great surprise



    MMMM I'm pretty sure most of the "Celts" on board those rat rafts were not represented by "that" flag. Many were there because of their defiance of it.
    Australia had an Aboriginal population eons ago, we have had a LARGE Chinese population since the 1850's, 40% of the population is from Irish Descent.
    Thats well and good---
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