I'm shocked that you thought Australia might be landlocked. Australia is an island and a continent. "Girt" means surround, therefore Australia is "girt by sea"- surrounded by sea.
"Girt" is the past participle of "gird," as in "to gird oneself," to protect oneself as with armor. So, Australia is protected by being surrounded by ocean.
An island by definition is a landmass totally surrounded by water but smaller than a continent. Since Australia is considered a continent it isn't classed as an island.
Advance = move forward Australia = Australia Fair = old english for pleasing, attractive...but could also mean just and equal So it basically means "Move forward, Australia, the Beautiful/fair and equal
@@coasterblocks3420 yeah i agree but while were under the crown that cant happen for australia to own our resorces we need to be the republic of australia and untill the boomers die off that wont happen theres alot of boomers who are loyal to the crown tho i dont understand why
@@brendonrookes1151 the crown has nothing to do with our ability to nationalise resources, merely the lack of courage to take on the capitalists. Given how the U.S. is rapidly descending into an failed state with the Republicans abandoning democracy and fully embracing authoritarianism and fascism, I’m less keen on Australia becoming a republic.
“Young” is referring to the country, not the people. It has since been changed to “one”, in consideration of our indigenous people who have been here for thousands of years.
Well, Americans tend to simplify things, their accents, their English, now they decide that studying about the world is too complex, they switch to study about themselves only, that's simpler🤣
@@everythingfiction6266 I’m not saying everyone just the school system mainly teaches American based history hence ignoring everything else. Not blaming the Americans blaming the school system
I grew up singing Advance Australia Fair every Monday morning at school assembly and it stopped after the first verse. Unfortunately I, like I'm sure many others, had no clue the anthem even has a second verse until I was much older. They changed a word or maybe two to make it more representative of the nation but it still isn't us. Ask most Aussies what should be the anthem and you'll get one of 3 answers. 1 - I am Australian, by The Seekers, 2 - I still call Australia home by Peter Allen or 3 - Waltzing Matilda by Banjo Paterson. Unfortunately none of which is pompous enough to get 'national' anthem status so all 3 settle for 'unofficial' status instead. Come on Aussies, tell me I'm wrong?
Only 121 years old as a country so we are young as a nation. Capitalised because it's the name of the song. Australia also has some of the most abundant and largest variety of natural resources in the world. Uranium, coal, natural gas, opals, gold, iron ore, and much more. I think I've heard we have the largest and most varied natural resources of any single country.
@@JohnHollands neither of those were 221 years ago, thats why i asked the question. cause 221 years ago isnt a significant date. 1788 and 1901 are, like you mentioned.
“Young” referred to the age of australia, in comparison to a lot of other nations. This word has since been replaced with “one”, to acknowledge Australia’s indigenous history.
@@yesterdayschunda1760 Yep. Another Liberal Party cock up. The Seeker's Australia is the most popular and should be our anthem. Our Anthem was written by a Pom when Aussie was a British Colony.
@@yesterdayschunda1760 That might be an overgeneralization, I have a brother still in a state high school in Brisbane and they still sing the anthem at the start of parade. I also have a friend who is a teacher at the private islamic school in Melbourne and they also sing the anthem once a week.
The very best version, in my opinion, is Julie Anthony and the Aussie group Human Nature at the Sydney Olympics. 22 years later, I still get a tear in the eye.
I love love love that version. Julie is our national anthem. No one sings it like her & the Sydney Olympics performance with Human Nature still brings goosebumps & tears. Just like our 4/100 relay team that smashed the Seppo's outta the pool on night 1. The funny thing is American's have no idea we Aussies & some pommies call the Seppo's.. the Septic tanks of the world
derr australia is a young country, i realise American's have no idea about anywhere else outside of their own country. Yes we are full of resources and well travelled...
Perfectly said youngen! Please keep that attitude, American's, they aren't our mates, they are just work mates at time of war (allies). They are born arrogant, ignorant & inward looking, that's just American's hun. You'll learn that as u get older ❤️
@@Tully_23_32 They are not born ignorant or rude or self important they are taught that by Schools, Film/TV/Ad's and worse Family & Friends and no one speaks out because they are afraid of being attacked for not blindly believing USA is the Best & Only at Everything!
@@Tully_23_32 maybe not yours but they are to me and the majority of Aussies and no not just in times of war. Oh and us Aussies are fairly similar to the yanks and most are just as clueless and just as arrogant and ignorant, as you have so aptly demonstrated.
We’ve recently changed the national anthem to “we are one & free” to make our indigenous society members feel more included. Their 60,000 year history didn’t really fit in with being “young & free” even though Australia only became a nation in 1901.
This could be confusing to those out of the loop. Just in case, our anthem is still the same song, but it has been revised. The song is the same except the line, "we are young and free" was changed to, "we are one and free." Just wanted to clarify in case anyone thought we changed anthem to a new one called, "We are one and free."
@@PearllDoubleL anywhere there was a cold winter or hot summer they did. The human body has very specific requirements, you can't survive for very long without proper clothing or shelter outside of a narrow temperature band. There is only evidence of Aboriginal farming in a single area in southern Victoria and, apart from caves, no evidence of any permanent settlements.
I love the fact it is sung Indigenously first! I applaud the Kiwis for their National Anthem and the inclusion of their first peoples. Aboriginies have been here just as long as the Maori's and I wish the Aussie Nat Anthem was changed to reflect that and to be sung indigeniously first.. (Q: am I the only person who knows the USA, Kiwi and Aussie National Anthems? like word )for word?? }
@@melindafrazer1427 You might notice that many events are now featuring exactly what you suggest and have been doing so for round two years that I know of. For the record the NA of South Africa is unique in that there are two songs merged but sung in a total of five languages. Some other Nations have four languages.
I love the optimism and just plain 'niceness' of our anthem. Compared with USA's rockets red glare and bombs bursting in air and the flag lasting the night. AND France's "to arms, Citizens, form your battalions" and the impure blood soaking the fields. Germany's used to be "Germany above all" - how'd that work out for them?
Australia's natural treasures would include the Great Barrier Reefs and other protected marine environments, other Heritage areas such as The Franklyn River and other National Parks, Ularoo, the Alps Snowy Mountains ... Dargo High Plains, Southern Alps etc, the beaches, deserts, the diverse plant and animal life in all environments. Agriculture is also a gift I suppose, and Australia exports to agricultural products widely around the world. Australia is still mining and exporting opals, saphires gold, nickel, iron ore aluminium, uranium, oil,
I’m kind of sick of everyone outside Australia thinking the whole country is just spiders and kangaroos… we have beautiful cities by the sea, shopping malls and all the rest… sorry to break it to you but we’re humans too not mates living in the outback all the time
One of our most well known and loved 'bush poets' was A.B. "Banjo" Patterson. His tales are some of our most awesome and, often, funniest, bush tales. Some years ago, a group named Wallis & Matilda put them to music. Would love you to react to some of those as they include tales such as "The Man From Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow". When I went to school, we used to read these stories all the time, but my children only know them because I used to read them to them. They are amazing stories and form the basis of our history and our legends of early settlers.
To me a young Aussie of less than thirty I see our nation anthem as a song than explains our lands,our land is rich in space and minerals used around the world, we are provided with natures gifts from around us and we have endless opportunities. We are very lucky people. Ever day when I remember I was born here I feel lucky. Our country is endlessly lucky and full of freedom. For that I couldn’t be more thankful.
Yes, you're correct "Advance Australia Fair" is a poem- anthem and was published in early December 1878 it originally had 4 verses, today we only use 1 and 3. 2 and 4 are not used much. they went verse 1. Australia's sons, 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 let us sing, Advance, Australia fair. verse2. When gallant Cook from Albion sail'd, To trace wide oceans o'er, True British courage bore him on, Til 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" "Britannia rules the wave." In joyful strains then let us sing, Advance, Australia fair. verse 3. 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 soil and Fatherland, Scotia and Erin fair, Let all combine with heart and hand To advance Australia fair. In joyful strains then let us sing Advance, Australia fair. verse 4. Should 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; Britannia 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!" As of 1 January 1901 the Anthem was verse 1. 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. Verse 2 (Modified from original verse 3) 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. As of 1 January 2021 the first verse is now "Australians all let us rejoice, For we are one and free..."
Wrong - we were still singing "Australians SONS ... " in primary school in the 1970's. I remember there being am uproar about it a few years later and it changed to "Australians ALL ... ".
@@tulinfirenze1990 Nothing wrong about this at all. No idea what school you went to, my parents went to school in the 70's and have advised me they sung "Australia all let us rejoice" Either way it was sung, this is not wrong. Your school was clearly just out dated and due an upgrade.
@@tulinfirenze1990 The only "uproar" in the 70's wasn't the lyrics of the song, but the song itself. People chose Advance Australia Fair then in 70's went back to God Save the Queen. And then reinstated Advance Australia Fair by the late 70's. That's the only "uproar" to do with the song in the 70's, not the lyrics. Again, if that's different to you, then your school was again, due an upgrade.
@@Shadow74342 I suppose it must have taken a while for the rest of the states and territories to update, it takes a while for schools across the continent to update.
My late mother hated this song. She called it a funeral durge and believed Waltzing Matilda should be the song representing Australia. We're a happy upbeat country that needs an anthem to represent this and a song about a thieving swagman drowning in a pond is just the thing. LOL.
Our rich soil was the reason our country only needed a few hundred years to catch up to the uk. We have GOLD that’s why they called us the “lucky” country
Advance Australia Fair means to keep moving forward same reason the Shield of Australia has an Emu & Kangaroo as neither can walk backwards/backtrack so must keep moving in a forwards direction! AKA DO NOT REPEAT PAST MISTAKES!!!!
@@jgsheehan8810 While that might be true it is not stipulated in the song and is not intended to be We are girt by sea means we are surrounded/protected by the sea Wealth for toil means that with hard work we are all able to do well
If you liked the original, you might want to check out Adam Hills, who noticed Advance Australia Fair can be sung to the tune of Jimmy Barnes' Working Class Man. Check out the video from the 2001 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala.
The performance of this anthem at the 2000 Olympics is the benchmark for this piece of work, Culminating in Julie Anthony’s powerhouse crescendo……still gives me chills to this day.
When we arrived in Australia from South Africa in the ‘70s my kids came home from school and said they’d learnt to the National Song . I said sing it for me and they started off ‘ Australia’s Sunset ostriches …” ( Australia’s Sons let us rejoice ‘ ) ..😂
I'm Primary school they never actually taught us the lyrics of the anthem. We just sung/listend to it every Thursday (I think it was Thursday?) Until you got it. And even then you'd get a few words muddled up bc you can't tell if it's in or with
That's disgusting to hear, everyone in the country should know the NATIONAL ANTHEM, no wonder there's a lot of disrespect, when I was a kid we were taught God save the Queen and then we got our own anthem and everyone was taught it, it's part of national pride, schools should definitely be teaching that, rather all this gender neutral garbage,
Since the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the anthem was "God Save the Queen". In 1973 there was a competition to select a new national anthem. None of the entries were deemed suitable so they turned to some traditional songs. A poll was made to choose among "Advance Australia Fair", "Waltzing Matilda" and "Song of Australia". In 1974 "Advance Australia Fair" was adopted as the Australian National Anthem, but in a turnaround in 1976 "God Save The Queen" was reinstated. In 1977 the Australian Electoral Office conducted a plebiscite, which found "Advance Australia Fair" to be the preferred anthem (43.6 per cent), followed by "Waltzing Matilda" (28.45 percent). In 1984 it decided that the National Anthem would consist of verses one and two of "Advance Australia Fair" with some changes. Another change was made in 2021 to more equally reflect the makeup of the population. "God Save the Queen" is the royal anthem and is still used at some official functions attended by Queen or members of the royal family.
Yes a hell of a lot of natural resources. Coal, is our biggest export, gold, lithium, copper, diamonds, gas, opals, iron. Plenty more we send off too. Our mains are gold, coal, diamonds and opals.
By far the best rendition of the National Anthem is to watch the National Anthem at the opening of the Sydney Olympic Games. This insipid version makes the song sound slow and plodding.At the Olympics it starts with stockmen on horses, goes through a jazz fanfare, a pop version and concludes with Julie Anthony's emotional rendition. Possibly the best anthem performance at any Olympics. Highly recommended.
Hope you realise that the version here is what was recorded by JA and is the official piece given to organisations when they request a copy to be played at official events.
@@flamingfrancis Like many official requirements, of course they wanted the most staid and dull version. I guess they think that by draining the emotion out of the song it somehow becomes more solemn. The Olympics version shows that the song is capable of being rousing and emotionally engaging if artists are allowed to put their heart into it.
Young in this refers to how young the actual country is. We also have quite a lot of natural resources. One of our biggest industries is actually mining.
No-one else knows what "girt" means either. It is an archaic word for "girdled". And since no-one knows what a girdle is any more it doesn't communicate much. "Advance Australia fair!" is mangled poetic diction for "go forwards, good-looking Australia!" There _is_ an enormous abundance of mineral resources in Australia. A series of gold rushes from 1850 to the end of the 19th Century were hugely important in establishing the country, and we have long subsisted on exports of timber, wheat, wool, beef, coal, iron ore, bauxite, gold, silver etc. etc. In fact there is so much of the stuff that we have trouble maintaining manufacturing industry. They keep having to changing the official words of _Advance Australia Fair_ because the original ones adopted in 1977 were sexist, racist, and incredibly obsequious towards Britain. After maundering on about "gallant Cook" and his "true British courage" it used to assert that Britain is the homeland of the Brave, and threaten to fight anybody who said that Australians are not British. It was a stinker.
The word "Fair" has such a strong meaning for us Aussies and to Advance our country in a fair and just manner is how we view ourselves. Here are a few "Fair." expressions that we regularly use>>> "Fair enough" is used to admit that something is reasonable or acceptable: "Fair suck of the sav." is used to express that a situation is not right or is unjust and that a person needs to be given a "Fair go." meaning a reasonable chance to a fair deal in life like everyone else. BTW a sav is short for saveloy a type of hot dog. I was ignorant of the origins of this famous expression (which is probably the one most associated with us!), so thank you for prompting me to check it out. "Fair dinkum" referred to a fair day's work and subsequently fair play. The word "dinkum" was reputedly coined on the Australian goldfields. It comes from one of the Chinese dialects widely spoken at the diggings: "din" and "kum" loosely translating as "true gold". Fair dinkum is being used less and less, and probably equates closest to saying "No BS mate!" I think I prefer Fair dinkum....and that's no BS mate!
Out of date version of the anthem - there has been a lyric change as you're right about " young" although the original songwriter was referring to the nation. It was changed to "one" so second line is now "for we are one and free" as Australia isn't young - first Australians arrived 40 000 years ago.
I’m just saying this because nobody else is, where it says ‘we are young and free’ has been changed too’we are one and free’. That was a few months before you uploaded this is mid 2021, just letting people know :)
Our old anthem was the British anthem. A referendum was held to choose a new anthem and I voted for a new song written to the music of Waltzing Matilda. It was called "God bless Australia". Consider doing a comparison and see if Australians got it right.
A suggestion for you to look at is the Thylacine ( Tasmanian Tiger) search group. The Thylacine has been classified as extinct BUT there are MANY people who swear they have seen live Thylacines even in 2022 only in certain areas of Australia . The Thylacine is/ was a large dog sized marsupial hence had a backwards facing pouch for their Joey, like the wombat.
Haha didn’t know we shared our anthem with Austria! Was that typo on purpose? 😂 Anyway, it’s a pretty awesome anthem. There’s a few people who want to change it but I think that would be a shame considering it’s such a large part of our history (indigenous Australians have more, of course) & you can’t change history, right?✌🏼
young & free means we are a young country, girt means surrounded by sea. the reprised version is the one played mostly every Aussie will stop & sing along when our anthem is played
The lyrics - We are young and free This is because Australia is such a young country compared to others. So basically it is saying that as a country we are young. (Australia was taken by England in like like 1700s I think)
Hebrew, Polish and Portuguese are my mother languages. I'm glad you, as a native English speaker, weren't able to understand the Australian anthem at first! 🤣
It means as in a nation free...girt is simply surrounded by sea, or landlocked yeah...Advance means to go forward Ryan..Advance Australia Fair is the name of the anthem.
“for we are young and free” meant that Australia is a young country, but if course it isn’t! So the words have now officially been changed to “one and free”
I am an Australian citizen ( female ) . And YES , it's an EPIC song and an even more EPIC country !!! Really worth visiting ! You're made to feel very welcome ... Advance Australia Fair , kind of means , ( Australia Day today btw , 26th Jan !!! ) that to make Australia come further , grow & advance in all areas possible , let that happen in a peacefull way , without WAR ! Just by good natured & kind hearted folks ... And yes , our land is girt by sea * ( means : = surroundex / framed by ) , as we're a large island ..... Have a nice day ... thanks for appreciating the beauty of this song ! And as far as nature is concerned : Just 1 word : AWESOME ! 👍👍👍 Love & good cheers ! 👍🍺🍺 Helen 💙
i'm australian and i think our anthem is pretty ordinary. we seem to have a few unofficial anthems too you could check out (depending on who you ask) - walzing matilda (trad.) i still call australia home (peter allen - used as a qantas commercial sadly), great southern land (icehouse), sounds of then (gang gajang), true blue (john williamson), land down under (men at work), i am australian (the seekers), my island home (the warumpi band/christine anu), and almost anything by paul kelly, archie roach, john farnham, jimmy barnes, slim dusty.
The Australian National Anthem was offically updated in the last two years. Originally stating 'we are young and free' (referring to Australia being a young nation as Australian Federation was only 121 years ago) the line has been updated to 'we are one and free' to acknowledge that Aboriginal's have called Australia home over 65,000 years before colonisation.
The American anthem Although Francis Scott Key penned the words in 1814 during the War of 1812, the melody is actually much older. It's based off an 18th-century British pub song called "To Anacreon in Heaven." That's right: a song to be sung whilst drunk. Peace out.
I'm shocked that you thought Australia might be landlocked. Australia is an island and a continent. "Girt" means surround, therefore Australia is "girt by sea"- surrounded by sea.
I've stopped being surprised by what he thinks sometimes. Let down as far as any international knowledge.
"Girt" is the past participle of "gird," as in "to gird oneself," to protect oneself as with armor. So, Australia is protected by being surrounded by ocean.
An island by definition is a landmass totally surrounded by water but smaller than a continent. Since Australia is considered a continent it isn't classed as an island.
i mean he did say framed and wouldnt u say a photo is sorounded by a frame ?
@@leglessinoz its actuly all three a country an island and a continent
Advance = move forward
Australia = Australia
Fair = old english for pleasing, attractive...but could also mean just and equal
So it basically means "Move forward, Australia, the Beautiful/fair and equal
Dead set mate,
Too right…
Lmao except it’s not fair at all 😂💀
@@POS001
I suppose that's a matter of opinion.
i was wondering what it meant lol
Australia is rich in almost every natural resource imaginable - minerals and precious metals in particular.
Can you tell us where we can locate more fn OIL.
@@flamingfrancis we have shit tons of it just bp owns 90% of australian oil its fucked up we have to buy our oil back from bp
@@brendonrookes1151 our natural resources should be nationalised.
@@coasterblocks3420 yeah i agree but while were under the crown that cant happen for australia to own our resorces we need to be the republic of australia and untill the boomers die off that wont happen theres alot of boomers who are loyal to the crown tho i dont understand why
@@brendonrookes1151 the crown has nothing to do with our ability to nationalise resources, merely the lack of courage to take on the capitalists.
Given how the U.S. is rapidly descending into an failed state with the Republicans abandoning democracy and fully embracing authoritarianism and fascism, I’m less keen on Australia becoming a republic.
As an Australian, we’re nowhere near landlocked and by young it means we’re young as a country(we were formed around 120 years ago) lol
agreed
And not advancing... but yes beauty.
“Young” is referring to the country, not the people. It has since been changed to “one”, in consideration of our indigenous people who have been here for thousands of years.
and did nothing with the country if it wasnt for our ancestors they would still be sleeping and shiting in caves
It was such a stupid change. Yeah they had been here for ages but there was no Australia before 1901
@@constantinekotrolos3948 well there was, it just wasn’t called that yet.
It hasn't been changed to one. That doesn't even make sense. How does that consider the indigenous population? Thousands of years? Sure Jan
At least this guy always strongly reconfirms the general ignorance of Americans about the world outside of their own national borders.
Ik that’s what makes him the best American reaction UA-camr. He acknowledges that he is ignorant and but is also willing to learn
Well, Americans tend to simplify things, their accents, their English, now they decide that studying about the world is too complex, they switch to study about themselves only, that's simpler🤣
Not all of us are ignorant.
@@everythingfiction6266 I’m not saying everyone just the school system mainly teaches American based history hence ignoring everything else. Not blaming the Americans blaming the school system
I suspect most Americans could not identify the USA on a map of the earth, let alone know where Australia is.
I grew up singing Advance Australia Fair every Monday morning at school assembly and it stopped after the first verse. Unfortunately I, like I'm sure many others, had no clue the anthem even has a second verse until I was much older. They changed a word or maybe two to make it more representative of the nation but it still isn't us. Ask most Aussies what should be the anthem and you'll get one of 3 answers. 1 - I am Australian, by The Seekers, 2 - I still call Australia home by Peter Allen or 3 - Waltzing Matilda by Banjo Paterson. Unfortunately none of which is pompous enough to get 'national' anthem status so all 3 settle for 'unofficial' status instead. Come on Aussies, tell me I'm wrong?
I am Australian, should be the anthem.
Anything but the actual current anthem because it’s terrible as hell
When Advance Australia Fair was first written it actually had 4 verses but only 2 verses are sung (or only the first verse…) now days… 😊
I am Australian seems to be gaining official support with it being used more and more in government-adjacent things like the ABC
Definitely “I am Australian”, stirs more heartfelt tears than being “girt by sea” LOL
Only 121 years old as a country so we are young as a nation. Capitalised because it's the name of the song. Australia also has some of the most abundant and largest variety of natural resources in the world. Uranium, coal, natural gas, opals, gold, iron ore, and much more. I think I've heard we have the largest and most varied natural resources of any single country.
221? did you mean 121?
@@whatwhatinthewhat4400 Europeans settled in 1788, federation in 1901. Take your pick. The Bicentenary was in 1988.
@@whatwhatinthewhat4400 yes thx
@@JohnHollands neither of those were 221 years ago, thats why i asked the question. cause 221 years ago isnt a significant date. 1788 and 1901 are, like you mentioned.
The country is young, not the actual age of the people…
“Young” referred to the age of australia, in comparison to a lot of other nations.
This word has since been replaced with “one”, to acknowledge Australia’s indigenous history.
Whats the point of changing the anthem?
It isn't even sung in schools anymore because city people find it offensive...
@@yesterdayschunda1760 seriously?? Well that’s stupid! How can people find it offensive it’s an anthem about our country?! I don’t get really I don’t.
@@yesterdayschunda1760 Yep. Another Liberal Party cock up. The Seeker's Australia is the most popular and should be our anthem.
Our Anthem was written by a Pom when Aussie was a British Colony.
The word has not been replaced for me…it’s YOUNG, not one 🙄
@@yesterdayschunda1760 That might be an overgeneralization, I have a brother still in a state high school in Brisbane and they still sing the anthem at the start of parade. I also have a friend who is a teacher at the private islamic school in Melbourne and they also sing the anthem once a week.
The very best version, in my opinion, is Julie Anthony and the Aussie group Human Nature at the Sydney Olympics. 22 years later, I still get a tear in the eye.
Didn’t Julie Anthony get done for Lip Synching the Anthem ??
I love love love that version. Julie is our national anthem. No one sings it like her & the Sydney Olympics performance with Human Nature still brings goosebumps & tears. Just like our 4/100 relay team that smashed the Seppo's outta the pool on night 1. The funny thing is American's have no idea we Aussies & some pommies call the Seppo's.. the Septic tanks of the world
derr australia is a young country, i realise American's have no idea about anywhere else outside of their own country. Yes we are full of resources and well travelled...
Perfectly said youngen! Please keep that attitude, American's, they aren't our mates, they are just work mates at time of war (allies). They are born arrogant, ignorant & inward looking, that's just American's hun. You'll learn that as u get older ❤️
@@Tully_23_32 They are not born ignorant or rude or self important they are taught that by Schools, Film/TV/Ad's and worse Family & Friends and no one speaks out because they are afraid of being attacked for not blindly believing USA is the Best & Only at Everything!
I feel like Americans always get the spotlight, but good on the Aussie cobbers doing well out there ❤️ love from australia
🤣😂😅 I totally agree 👍 another Aussie here
@@Tully_23_32 maybe not yours but they are to me and the majority of Aussies and no not just in times of war. Oh and us Aussies are fairly similar to the yanks and most are just as clueless and just as arrogant and ignorant, as you have so aptly demonstrated.
We’ve recently changed the national anthem to “we are one & free” to make our indigenous society members feel more included. Their 60,000 year history didn’t really fit in with being “young & free” even though Australia only became a nation in 1901.
You can't really call a bunch of warring nomadic tribes with several hundred different languages and didn't build anything a nation tho
typical having to bend the nee to make the abos feel welcome if the shoe was on the other foot u guys wouldnt bend the nee for us its all about u
This could be confusing to those out of the loop. Just in case, our anthem is still the same song, but it has been revised. The song is the same except the line, "we are young and free" was changed to, "we are one and free." Just wanted to clarify in case anyone thought we changed anthem to a new one called, "We are one and free."
@@TheHuntermj they weren’t nomadic
@@PearllDoubleL anywhere there was a cold winter or hot summer they did. The human body has very specific requirements, you can't survive for very long without proper clothing or shelter outside of a narrow temperature band. There is only evidence of Aboriginal farming in a single area in southern Victoria and, apart from caves, no evidence of any permanent settlements.
"Australians all, let us ring Joyce"
For she is young and free.
You'd be surprised at how many natural resources Australia has. Might pay to check out.
Australia’s in the top 10.
He actually has since then. Watch his other videos
“Advance Australia Fair” (Thrive and grow beautiful Australia)
You might want to listen to the New Zealand national anthem . It is done in Maori and in English
I love the fact it is sung Indigenously first! I applaud the Kiwis for their National Anthem and the inclusion of their first peoples. Aboriginies have been here just as long as the Maori's and I wish the Aussie Nat Anthem was changed to reflect that and to be sung indigeniously first.. (Q: am I the only person who knows the USA, Kiwi and Aussie National Anthems? like word )for word?? }
@@melindafrazer1427 You might notice that many events are now featuring exactly what you suggest and have been doing so for round two years that I know of.
For the record the NA of South Africa is unique in that there are two songs merged but sung in a total of five languages. Some other Nations have four languages.
@@flamingfrancis yeah but the Aussie one isn't and that is the point I was making!
I love the optimism and just plain 'niceness' of our anthem. Compared with USA's rockets red glare and bombs bursting in air and the flag lasting the night. AND France's "to arms, Citizens, form your battalions" and the impure blood soaking the fields. Germany's used to be "Germany above all" - how'd that work out for them?
Australia's natural treasures would include the Great Barrier Reefs and other protected marine environments, other Heritage areas such as The Franklyn River and other National Parks, Ularoo, the Alps Snowy Mountains ... Dargo High Plains, Southern Alps etc, the beaches, deserts,
the diverse plant and animal life in all environments.
Agriculture is also a gift I suppose, and Australia exports to agricultural products widely around the world.
Australia is still mining and exporting opals, saphires gold, nickel, iron ore aluminium, uranium, oil,
niceness ....eerrrm ..stole the country from.the first peoples without a second glance.
I’m kind of sick of everyone outside Australia thinking the whole country is just spiders and kangaroos… we have beautiful cities by the sea, shopping malls and all the rest… sorry to break it to you but we’re humans too not mates living in the outback all the time
One of our most well known and loved 'bush poets' was A.B. "Banjo" Patterson. His tales are some of our most awesome and, often, funniest, bush tales. Some years ago, a group named Wallis & Matilda put them to music. Would love you to react to some of those as they include tales such as "The Man From Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow". When I went to school, we used to read these stories all the time, but my children only know them because I used to read them to them. They are amazing stories and form the basis of our history and our legends of early settlers.
@ryan was there's a new topic... Bush poetry!!! And... don't forget our famous bush ranger "Ned Kelly"...
To me a young Aussie of less than thirty I see our nation anthem as a song than explains our lands,our land is rich in space and minerals used around the world, we are provided with natures gifts from around us and we have endless opportunities. We are very lucky people.
Ever day when I remember I was born here I feel lucky.
Our country is endlessly lucky and full of freedom. For that I couldn’t be more thankful.
Advance Australia fair is an old fashioned way of saying "keep going you beautiful country"
My kids used to sing "Australians all and ostriches" instead of "Australians all let us rejoice" 🤣🤣🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
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australians all eat ostriches for breakfast lunch and tea
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Lets us all ring Joyce for she is young and free.
Australians lets all ring Joyce for she is young and free.
Yes, you're correct "Advance Australia Fair" is a poem- anthem and was published in early December 1878 it originally had 4 verses, today we only use 1 and 3. 2 and 4 are not used much. they went
verse 1.
Australia's sons, 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 let us sing,
Advance, Australia fair.
verse2.
When gallant Cook from Albion sail'd,
To trace wide oceans o'er,
True British courage bore him on,
Til 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"
"Britannia rules the wave."
In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance, Australia fair.
verse 3.
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 soil and Fatherland,
Scotia and Erin fair,
Let all combine with heart and hand
To advance Australia fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing
Advance, Australia fair.
verse 4.
Should 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;
Britannia 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!"
As of 1 January 1901 the Anthem was
verse 1.
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.
Verse 2 (Modified from original verse 3)
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.
As of 1 January 2021 the first verse is now
"Australians all let us rejoice,
For we are one and free..."
Wrong - we were still singing "Australians SONS ... " in primary school in the 1970's. I remember there being am uproar about it a few years later and it changed to "Australians ALL ... ".
@@tulinfirenze1990 Nothing wrong about this at all. No idea what school you went to, my parents went to school in the 70's and have advised me they sung "Australia all let us rejoice"
Either way it was sung, this is not wrong. Your school was clearly just out dated and due an upgrade.
@@tulinfirenze1990 The only "uproar" in the 70's wasn't the lyrics of the song, but the song itself. People chose Advance Australia Fair then in 70's went back to God Save the Queen. And then reinstated Advance Australia Fair by the late 70's. That's the only "uproar" to do with the song in the 70's, not the lyrics. Again, if that's different to you, then your school was again, due an upgrade.
@@Royal_BloodLust It was "sons" at all the schools I attended.
@@Shadow74342 I suppose it must have taken a while for the rest of the states and territories to update, it takes a while for schools across the continent to update.
Also, I think you've heard the second verse of our Anthems more than most of us have.
Yes, Australia has many natural resources we are indeed a lucky country in many aspects.
This anthem was written by a Scot and the tune of the US anthem is a British singing song. Brit influences.
1:00 young meant a young nation,that lyric changed to one after realising our nation isn’t that young anymore
Australia is the world's biggest quarry. We have just about every mineral here. Best anthem in the world. Greetings from Australia.
We have coal, natural gas, opals, gold, diamonds, and so much more.
Young and free means our COUNTRY is young and free, it’s talking about the land not the people
*sigh*, where do I start, (shakes head, pinches bridge of nose)
My late mother hated this song. She called it a funeral durge and believed Waltzing Matilda should be the song representing Australia. We're a happy upbeat country that needs an anthem to represent this and a song about a thieving swagman drowning in a pond is just the thing. LOL.
I would have to agree it's one of the worst one's around we have a least two or three other songs which would be better national anthems.
Our rich soil was the reason our country only needed a few hundred years to catch up to the uk. We have GOLD that’s why they called us the “lucky” country
Advance Australia Fair means to keep moving forward same reason the Shield of Australia has an Emu & Kangaroo as neither can walk backwards/backtrack so must keep moving in a forwards direction! AKA DO NOT REPEAT PAST MISTAKES!!!!
And that we won’t back down from a fight
@@jgsheehan8810 While that might be true it is not stipulated in the song and is not intended to be
We are girt by sea means we are surrounded/protected by the sea
Wealth for toil means that with hard work we are all able to do well
@@DarthAwar no, but it is a part of the reason they are on the Coat of Arms
@@jgsheehan8810 Actually it is the main reason they are on the coat of arms it the 2nd lesser one is to display our unique wildlife!
The song is now changed from "all young and free" to "all One And free" in Australia Now.
If you liked the original, you might want to check out Adam Hills, who noticed Advance Australia Fair can be sung to the tune of Jimmy Barnes' Working Class Man. Check out the video from the 2001 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala.
I absolutely love that rendition
Australia could be self sufficient we have all the recourses needed very loaded
No mate it is the natural resources that makes Australia Rich.
Go forward just & fair. Australia is about giving everyone, what we call - a 'fair go', as a goal of country.
It was a poem put to music and was written at the early beginnings of our nation which is a continent completely surrounded by water.
AAF has only been our NA since 1984.
Most Americans have no clue about any geography beyond the USA.
There are 2 versions, one with a whistle at the end and the other that ends with Ladies and Gentlemen start your engines.
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The National Anthem for Australia has been updated from 'We are young and free' to 'We are one and free' just so u know:)
We have a huge wealth of natural resources, coal, iron ore, uranium, and lots more
We don’t use This song in assembly we use the Australian + Aboriginal Anthem
The link to it ua-cam.com/video/5J2dAJYwSRg/v-deo.htmlsi=VLaunwAh3tatEtpr
Young at heart! Young country! 🤺🇦🇺 Coal, Gold and Silver to name a few! 🤺🇦🇺
The performance of this anthem at the 2000 Olympics is the benchmark for this piece of work,
Culminating in Julie Anthony’s powerhouse crescendo……still gives me chills to this day.
Australia has literally one of the biggest life expectancy’s dude
When we arrived in Australia from
South Africa in the ‘70s my kids came home from school and said they’d learnt to the National Song . I said sing it for me and they started off ‘ Australia’s Sunset ostriches …” ( Australia’s Sons let us rejoice ‘ ) ..😂
I'm Primary school they never actually taught us the lyrics of the anthem. We just sung/listend to it every Thursday (I think it was Thursday?) Until you got it. And even then you'd get a few words muddled up bc you can't tell if it's in or with
That's disgusting to hear, everyone in the country should know the NATIONAL ANTHEM, no wonder there's a lot of disrespect, when I was a kid we were taught God save the Queen and then we got our own anthem and everyone was taught it, it's part of national pride, schools should definitely be teaching that, rather all this gender neutral garbage,
I think when talking about “Young and Free” it’s talking about the country being young and free.
This song is BURNED into my mind as I would have to sing both verses every single Friday from prep to year six
I was taught that the line, "For we are YOUNG..." meant, at only about 200 years old, compared to other countries, we are a young country.
Since the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the anthem was "God Save the Queen". In 1973 there was a competition to select a new national anthem. None of the entries were deemed suitable so they turned to some traditional songs. A poll was made to choose among "Advance Australia Fair", "Waltzing Matilda" and "Song of Australia".
In 1974 "Advance Australia Fair" was adopted as the Australian National Anthem, but in a turnaround in 1976 "God Save The Queen" was reinstated.
In 1977 the Australian Electoral Office conducted a plebiscite, which found "Advance Australia Fair" to be the preferred anthem (43.6 per cent), followed by "Waltzing Matilda" (28.45 percent).
In 1984 it decided that the National Anthem would consist of verses one and two of "Advance Australia Fair" with some changes. Another change was made in 2021 to more equally reflect the makeup of the population.
"God Save the Queen" is the royal anthem and is still used at some official functions attended by Queen or members of the royal family.
Good on ya mate I was gonna write the same thing but you've pretty much got it all.
Yes a hell of a lot of natural resources. Coal, is our biggest export, gold, lithium, copper, diamonds, gas, opals, iron. Plenty more we send off too. Our mains are gold, coal, diamonds and opals.
Our National Anthum use to be "God Save the Queen" though unofficial was and still is " Walsing Matilda".
Waltzing Matilda. Yep much better song.
POV : Ryan reacts to your countries national anthem on your birthday
we changed 'young and free' to 'one and free'
By far the best rendition of the National Anthem is to watch the National Anthem at the opening of the Sydney Olympic Games. This insipid version makes the song sound slow and plodding.At the Olympics it starts with stockmen on horses, goes through a jazz fanfare, a pop version and concludes with Julie Anthony's emotional rendition. Possibly the best anthem performance at any Olympics. Highly recommended.
Hope you realise that the version here is what was recorded by JA and is the official piece given to organisations when they request a copy to be played at official events.
@@flamingfrancis Like many official requirements, of course they wanted the most staid and dull version. I guess they think that by draining the emotion out of the song it somehow becomes more solemn. The Olympics version shows that the song is capable of being rousing and emotionally engaging if artists are allowed to put their heart into it.
When is says young it means the country is young not the people
Find the "Advance Australia Fair" sung by Adam Hills to the tune of "Working Class Man" by Jimmy Barnes.
It has recently been changed to "One and Free", Girt means surrounded
Young in this refers to how young the actual country is. We also have quite a lot of natural resources. One of our biggest industries is actually mining.
For we are young and free refers to the country being formed in 1901, still quite young for a country
Yes natural resources. Coal, uranium, iron ore, aluminium, nickel, lithium, diamonds, gold, sapphires, opals, and a million other things in the ground
No-one else knows what "girt" means either. It is an archaic word for "girdled". And since no-one knows what a girdle is any more it doesn't communicate much.
"Advance Australia fair!" is mangled poetic diction for "go forwards, good-looking Australia!"
There _is_ an enormous abundance of mineral resources in Australia. A series of gold rushes from 1850 to the end of the 19th Century were hugely important in establishing the country, and we have long subsisted on exports of timber, wheat, wool, beef, coal, iron ore, bauxite, gold, silver etc. etc. In fact there is so much of the stuff that we have trouble maintaining manufacturing industry.
They keep having to changing the official words of _Advance Australia Fair_ because the original ones adopted in 1977 were sexist, racist, and incredibly obsequious towards Britain. After maundering on about "gallant Cook" and his "true British courage" it used to assert that Britain is the homeland of the Brave, and threaten to fight anybody who said that Australians are not British. It was a stinker.
What's and 'Eeeeeshayeee' lol I AM DYING 😂😂
We are young and free Our country is young and free
The word "Fair" has such a strong meaning for us Aussies and to Advance our country in a fair and just manner is how we view ourselves. Here are a few "Fair." expressions that we regularly use>>> "Fair enough" is used to admit that something is reasonable or acceptable: "Fair suck of the sav." is used to express that a situation is not right or is unjust and that a person needs to be given a "Fair go." meaning a reasonable chance to a fair deal in life like everyone else. BTW a sav is short for saveloy a type of hot dog.
I was ignorant of the origins of this famous expression (which is probably the one most associated with us!), so thank you for prompting me to check it out. "Fair dinkum" referred to a fair day's work and subsequently fair play. The word "dinkum" was reputedly coined on the Australian goldfields. It comes from one of the Chinese dialects widely spoken at the diggings: "din" and "kum" loosely translating as "true gold". Fair dinkum is being used less and less, and probably equates closest to saying "No BS mate!" I think I prefer Fair dinkum....and that's no BS mate!
'Young and free' in the anthem refers to the country not necessarily the people.
You need to hear Julie Anthony sing Advance Australia Fair at the Rugby League Final
Virgin “Advancd Australia Far” VS the CHAD Imperial “God Save the King”
Out of date version of the anthem - there has been a lyric change as you're right about " young" although the original songwriter was referring to the nation. It was changed to "one" so second line is now "for we are one and free" as Australia isn't young - first Australians arrived 40 000 years ago.
Thanks Ryan, that was a Fair reaction 👍
Good-on-ya mate 😆
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I’m just saying this because nobody else is, where it says ‘we are young and free’ has been changed too’we are one and free’. That was a few months before you uploaded this is mid 2021, just letting people know :)
Our old anthem was the British anthem. A referendum was held to choose a new anthem and I voted for a new song written to the music of Waltzing Matilda. It was called "God bless Australia". Consider doing a comparison and see if Australians got it right.
A suggestion for you to look at is the Thylacine ( Tasmanian Tiger) search group. The Thylacine has been classified as extinct BUT there are MANY people who swear they have seen live Thylacines even in 2022 only in certain areas of Australia . The Thylacine is/ was a large dog sized marsupial hence had a backwards facing pouch for their Joey, like the wombat.
Girt means surrounded in this. Advance Australia Fair means we want to advance in history as a true and fair nation.
Move forward - Australia - the beautiful/fair just
Go forward beautiful Australia is what Advance Australia Fair means
Anyone notice that at 3:30, he types and searches for "advance austria fair". As an Australian, funniest part of the video
Haha didn’t know we shared our anthem with Austria! Was that typo on purpose? 😂
Anyway, it’s a pretty awesome anthem. There’s a few people who want to change it but I think that would be a shame considering it’s such a large part of our history (indigenous Australians have more, of course) & you can’t change history, right?✌🏼
young & free means we are a young country, girt means surrounded by sea. the reprised version is the one played mostly
every Aussie will stop & sing along when our anthem is played
I remember singing God save the Queen in primary school in the 80's
We are a “Young and free” country but the words have been changed as of 2021 to “One and Free”
The lyrics - We are young and free
This is because Australia is such a young country compared to others. So basically it is saying that as a country we are young. (Australia was taken by England in like like 1700s I think)
Hebrew, Polish and Portuguese are my mother languages. I'm glad you, as a native English speaker, weren't able to understand the Australian anthem at first! 🤣
Young in this anthem refers to us being a young country, colonised and settled for only 200 some years...
It means as in a nation free...girt is simply surrounded by sea, or landlocked yeah...Advance means to go forward Ryan..Advance Australia Fair is the name of the anthem.
“for we are young and free” meant that Australia is a young country, but if course it isn’t! So the words have now officially been changed to “one and free”
I am an Australian citizen ( female ) .
And YES , it's an EPIC song and an even more EPIC country !!! Really worth visiting ! You're made to feel very welcome ... Advance Australia Fair , kind of means , ( Australia Day today btw , 26th Jan !!! ) that to make Australia come further , grow & advance in all areas possible , let that happen in a peacefull way , without WAR ! Just by good natured & kind hearted folks ... And yes , our land is girt by sea * ( means : = surroundex / framed by ) , as we're a large island .....
Have a nice day ... thanks for appreciating the beauty of this song ! And as far as nature is concerned : Just 1 word : AWESOME ! 👍👍👍
Love & good cheers ! 👍🍺🍺
Helen 💙
i'm australian and i think our anthem is pretty ordinary. we seem to have a few unofficial anthems too you could check out (depending on who you ask) - walzing matilda (trad.) i still call australia home (peter allen - used as a qantas commercial sadly), great southern land (icehouse), sounds of then (gang gajang), true blue (john williamson), land down under (men at work), i am australian (the seekers), my island home (the warumpi band/christine anu), and almost anything by paul kelly, archie roach, john farnham, jimmy barnes, slim dusty.
When it says that we are young and free, it means that we are quite young as far as nations go, it's not referring to the age of the individual people
The words have changed now, it’s for we are ONE and free because our indigenous people are not young and have been on this land for hundred of years
Up until the late 60s, we used to sing “god save the Queen” as our anthem. A lot of modern day aussies want new anthems.
The Australian National Anthem was offically updated in the last two years. Originally stating 'we are young and free' (referring to Australia being a young nation as Australian Federation was only 121 years ago) the line has been updated to 'we are one and free' to acknowledge that Aboriginal's have called Australia home over 65,000 years before colonisation.
The dictionary definition of fair is... treating people equally without favouritism or discrimination.
Advance Australia fair basically means go beautiful Oz it was written a long time ago so fair is the old fashioned meaning of beautiful
The American anthem Although Francis Scott Key penned the words in 1814 during the War of 1812, the melody is actually much older. It's based off an 18th-century British pub song called "To Anacreon in Heaven." That's right: a song to be sung whilst drunk. Peace out.
‘Young’ was said cause we were a young country. But it was recently changed to ‘one’
You must must watch Adam Hill Advance Australia Fair (Working Class Man Jimmy Barnes)