Girt by derision: a short and tortured history of our national anthem

By Tony Wright
Updated April 27 2017 - 3:08pm, first published 3:02pm

Poor Girt. The most cutting - and possibly most accurate - comment that's been made about the old thing is that Australia is in danger of falling off to sleep while singing the words, which barely anyone knows anyway.

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