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==Dharawal lyrics== Lyrics for the anthem have been written twice in the [[Dharug language]], an [[Australian Aboriginal language]] spoken around Sydney by the [[Dharawal people]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dharug.dalang.com.au/Dharug/plugin_wiki/page/advance_australia_fair_in_dharawal|last=Troy|first=Jacqueline|title=Advance Australia Fair in Dharawal|website=Dharug and Dharawal Resources|access-date=1 January 2021|archive-date=8 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108161757/https://dharug.dalang.com.au/Dharug/plugin_wiki/page/advance_australia_fair_in_dharawal|url-status=dead}}</ref> A first version was first performed in July 2010, at a [[Rugby League State of Origin]] match in Sydney, though there was some opposition:{{Explain|reason=what opposition?|date=October 2022}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/origin-anthem-mends-some-hearts-and-breaks-others-20100708-102fs.html|last1=Lewis|first1=Daniel|last2=Woods|first2=Paddy|title=Origin anthem mends some hearts and breaks others|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=9 July 2010|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> In December 2020, another setting, in Dharug, followed by the anthem in English, was sung before a [[Rugby Union]] international between Australia and [[Argentina]]:<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/indigenous-lyrics-to-super-charge-australian-anthem-20201204-p56kpa.html|last=FitzSimons|first=Peter|title=Indigenous lyrics to supercharge Australian anthem|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=4 December 2020|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/dec/05/wallabies-sing-indigenous-language-australian-anthem-before-tri-nations-draw-with-argentina|last=Kemp|first=Emma|title=Wallabies sing Indigenous language Australian anthem before Tri-Nations draw with Argentina|work=The Guardian|date=5 December 2020|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>
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