Australian Anthem : The Sun of Australia single work   poetry   "The sun of Australia rose"
Issue Details: First known date: 1854... 1854 Australian Anthem : The Sun of Australia
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Notes

  • Author's note: 'There could not, I think, be a more appropriate or more beautiful device for the national banner of Australia than a rising sun on a blue ground: the former typifying her rising greatness and glory, and the latter, her serene and unclouded sky. It would also be emblematic of hope in the future, and that glorious and unbroken peace which seems to be the destiny of Australia.'

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    y separately published work icon The Empire 17 October 1854 Z1724431 1854 newspaper issue 1854 pg. 3
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