Many of new arrivals and migrants hear the Australian National Anthem in different places and occasions.
This year, Thursday, 26 January 2023, is Australia Day. There will be so many occasions in this day we will hear it performed.
Written by Scottish-born composer Peter Dodds McCormick, the song was first performed as a patriotic song in Australia in 1878. Following a nationwide opinion survey, it replaced "God Save the Queen" as the official national anthem in 1974, only for "God Save the Queen" to be reinstated in January 1976.
However, a plebiscite to choose the national song in 1977 preferred "Advance Australia Fair", which was in turn reinstated as the national anthem in 1984. "God Save the King/Queen" became known as the royal anthem
To understand the lyrics and their true meaning, SBS Assyrian poetically translated them into Assyrian to make it more understandable for those who are not very fluent in English.
Although, many might argue that if the lyrics are a true reflection of Australia?
But we are not entering into this debate, but only like to make the lyrics translated to reach more newly settled Assyrian migrants.
Happy Australia Day
