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Peter Dodds McCormick's Advance Australia Fair was officially declared Australia's national anthem by the Governor-General on 19 April 1984, close to 160 years after the first alternative anthems were put forward. South Australian Carl Linger wrote Song ...
The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia represents the monarch of Australia - currently Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. The functions and roles of the Governor-General include appointing ambassadors, ministers and judges, giving Royal Ass...
The Great Depression (1929-32) was a time of extreme hardship for people in Australia. Even before the devastating stock market crash on Wall Street (the centre of stock market trading in New York, United States of America), unemployment in Australia was...
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 ...
Loui Seselja, Portrait of Margret Roadknight, singer, looking at sheet music for Waltzing Matilda while visiting the National Library of Australia, Music Section, Canberra, 22 July 1994, negative: b&w. South Australian Carl Linger wrote Song of Australia...
Tu vivras toujours grande et belle Et ton invincible unitÚ Aura pour devise immortelle : Le Roi, la Loi, la LibertÚ ! Aura pour devise immortelle : Le Roi, la Loi, la LibertÚ ! Le Roi, la Loi, la LibertÚ ! ...
Fratelli d'Italia L'Italia s'Þ desta, Dell'elmo di Scipio S'Þ cinta la testa. Stringiamci a coorte Siam pronti alla morte L'Italia chiam~. Il sangue d'Italia, Il sangue Polacco, BevÚ, col cosacco, Ma il cor le bruci~. ...
el grito sagrado: ¡Libertad, Libertad, Libertad! Y los libres del mundo responden: ¡Al Gran Pueblo Argentino Salud! (repeat) Y los libres del mundo responden: ¡Al Gran Pueblo Argentino Salud! ...
5. Puro, Chile, es tu cielo azulado, Puras brisas te cruzan tambiÚn, Y tu campo de flores bordado Es la copia feliz del EdÚn. Majestuosa es la blanca monta±a Que te dio por baluarte el Se±or, Y ese mar que tranquilo te ba±a Te promete futuro esplendor. Ch...
does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In fully glory reflected now shines in the stream: 'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh, long may it wave O'er...
O beloved, idolized homeland, hail, hail! Ë Pßtria amada, Idolatrada, Salve! Brasil, um sonho intenso, um raio vÝvido, De amor e de esperanþa Ó terra desce, Se em teu formoso cÚu, risonho e lÝmpido, A imagem do Cruzeiro resplandece. ...
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 strain...
DoÓn quÔn Vietnam di Chung l~ng cuu quoc, Bu'¾c chÔn don vang trÛn du'¾ng gap ghenh xa. Du'§¾ng vinh quang xÔy xßc quÔn th¨ Thang gian lao, c¨ng nhau lap chien khu. Vi nhÔn dÔn chien dau kh¶ng ngung Tien mau ra sa tru'¾ng....
Segnoriso apo tin Kopsi tou spathiou tin tromeri; Segnoriso apo tin opsi pou me via metra tin yi. Ap ta Kokkala vyalmeni ton ellinon ta iera Ke san prot' anthriomeni haire o hair'eleftheria. Ke san prot' anthriomeni haire o hair'eleftheria, Ke san prot'...
Contre nous de la tyrannie, L'Útendard sanglant est levÚ ! Mais ces despotes sanguinaires, Mais ces complices de BouillÚ, Tous ces tigres qui, sans pitiÚ, DÚchirent le sein de leur mÞre ! Bien moins jaloux de leur survivre Que de partager leur cercueil, ...
1. Land der Berge, Land am Strome, Land der _cker, Land der Dome, Land der Hõmmer, zukunftsreich! 2. Hei~ umfehdet, wild umstritten, Liegst dem Erdteil du inmitten Einem starken Herzen gleich. 3. Mutig in die neuen Zeiten, Frei und glõubig sieh uns schr...
German women, German fidelity, German wine and German song. 2. Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue, Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang Sollen in der Welt behalten Ihren alten sch÷nen Klang, Uns zu edler Tat begeistern Unser ganzes Leben lang - Deutsche Frauen...
Australian National Anthem and Flag Quests' Committee. A Palings Commemorative Album edited by George S. English. Use or borrow this resource from a library, archive or organisation near you or ask your local library to arrange an interlibrary loan on y...
Australian national anthem quest [music] / edited by George S. English. Australiana / Michael Bingham<br/>God bless our land (my home, my land, Australia) / C. B. Lawrence<br/>Austral anthm / H. C. Hyland<br/>The land we love / W. H. Keith Young<br/>Aust...
Playing of the Italian national anthem and raising of the medallist's flags, fencing, women's individual foil, Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, 21 September 2000 [picture] / Loui Seselja. Hockey, archery and fencing events, Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, 21 Septem...
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