Originally Posted by
itchy b
On April 8th, 1974, opinion polls were held by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and the government announced that henceforth Advance Australia Fair was to be Australia's anthem, but with God Save The Queen to be played when (British) royalty was present.
In January 1976, the Fraser government modified the rules governing the national anthem. Advance Australia Fair was to be used, without words, on non-regal occasions, and God save the Queen was to be used on all royal, vice-regal, defence, and loyal toast occasions.
The Fraser Government held a plebiscite, the National Song Poll, on 21 May 1977.
The results were: (from
http://www.ausflag.com.au/debate/amr/amr23.html):
cool, well that also means that when Alan Jones was winning races, Advance Australia Fair was our anthem, so either someone made up that they played god save the queen or Formula 1 got it wrong