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Creator: McCormick, P. D. (Peter Dodds), 1834?-1916.
Contributor: Blackie, Stuart.
Title: Advance Australia fair [music] / written and composed by "Amicus".
Date: 1915
Published: [Sydney? : P. McCormick? , c1915]
Subjects: National songs -- Australia.
Australia -- Songs and music.
Australian patriotic songs -- 1900-1930
Material Type: Music
Physical Description: 1 close score ([1] leaf) ; 15 cm.
Notes: For chorus (SATB); Issued as a postcard.

"Commonwealth anthem and patriotic song".

"Performed by the massed bands at the Naming of the Federal Capital Celebrations, Canberra".

"The author of this song ... is indebted to the late Professor Stuart Blackie, of Edinburgh for improvement in last verse".

3rd verse begins: 'Beneath our radiant Southern Cross ...'; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.mus-an6397900; MUS: N, A, N/A, B, C, JAF.
Amicus Number: 6397900
To cite this item use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.mus-an6397900
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