Random thoughts and observations
A voluntary national poll was held across Australia in May 1977 to select the National Song. I was 10 years old and obviously didn’t vote. Advance Australia Fair won the contest and later became the National Anthem. Looking at the poll results, it surprised me that Song of Australia won the ballot convincingly in South Australia (with 34.12 percent), despite being trounced elsewhere in the country.
The Scottish Parliament has apparently been unable to decide on a national anthem for the country. Scottish athletes took matters into their own hands and voted to use Flower of Scotland as their anthem at the Commonwealth Games this year in New Delhi. The traditional rugby song will replace Scotland the Brave, which has been [...]
ABC has been showing the classic “Carry On” movies in the wee hours, and Juliet’s been video taping them. That’s my unlikely introduction to this piece about anthems. I commented to Juliet and the big kids yesterday that when I was a boy the TV used to shut down at 11pm and play the national [...]
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