please compare the current official version of the anthem to its original lyrics, from 1879:

>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.

>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.

>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.

>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,
>Though oceans roll between,
>Her sons in fair Australia’s land
>Still keep their courage green.
>In joyful strains then let us sing
>Advance Australia fair.