ABC National Lyric Competition for a National Anthem
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History

Three prizes of £70, £30, and £10 respectively, were offered by ABC for a lyric designed to become a possible Australian National Anthem. The commission stated that a previous competition held in 1943 did not produce any song which the judges thought of sufficient merit to be awarded the prizes offered. (The Argus : 19 October 1944 p8)

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1945

winner y separately published work icon Ave, Australia i "Fling out her flag to the world and the wrong in it!", Marie E. J. Pitt , Sydney : Nicholson's , 1946 Z277596 1944 single work poetry

Works About this Award

Untitled 1945 single work column
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 6 June vol. 66 no. 3408 1945; (p. 9)
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