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Australia as a whole.
Read the lyrics and you'll see

Standing at the limit of an endless ocean
stranded like a runaway, lost at sea
city on a rainy day down in the harbour
watching as the grey clouds shadow the bay
looking everywhere 'cause I had to find you
this is not the way that i remember it here
anyone will tell you its a prisoner island
hidden in the summer for a million years

Great Southern Land, burned you black
so you look into the land and it will tell you a story
story 'bout a journey ended long ago
if you listen to the motion of the wind in the mountains
maybe you can hear them talking like I do
". . they're gonna betray, they're gonna forget you
are you gonna let them take you over this way . ."

Great Southern Land, Great Southern Land
you walk alone like a primitive man
and they make it work with sticks and bones
see their hungry eyes, its a hungry home
I hear the sound of the stranger's voices
I see their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes
Great Southern Land, Great Southern Land
they burned you black, black against the ground

Great Southern Land, in the sleeping sun
you walk alone with the ghost of time
they burned you black, black against the ground
and they make it work with rocks and sand
I hear the sound of the stranger's voices
I see their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes
Great Southern Land, Great Southern Land
you walk alone, like a primitive man
you walk alone with the ghost of time
and they burned you black
yeah, they burned you black
Great Southern Land
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2006-12-09 23:00:53 · answer #1 · answered by jan 7 · 2 0

do you mean
Advance Australia Fair was proclaimed as our national anthem after exhaustive surveys of national opinion. It was first performed on November 31st 1878 in Sydney. In 1974 the Australian Bureau of Statistics conducted a national opinion poll of 60,000. January 1976 God Save the Queen was reinstated as the National Anthem. It made Australia the only country to have a choice of four National Anthems. It was decided that God Save the Queen was to be played at all royal and vice-regal occasions and the remaining three, Advance Australia Fair, Waltzing Matilda and Song of Australia could be used on all other occasions. Then in May Australian's went back to the polls and voted that Advance Australia Fair was to be played at all other occasions. This was once again changed in 1984 to allow God Save the Queen to be played only when a Royal family member was present.

2006-12-10 04:56:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

It is about Australia. Take a look at the clip on youtube and read the comments. Note the goanna at the beginning of the clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mkidP2OUCk

2006-12-10 04:54:12 · answer #3 · answered by Michael T 5 · 0 0

It was about Australia as a whole.

2006-12-10 05:33:02 · answer #4 · answered by Mintjulip 6 · 0 0

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