Editing Advance Australia Fair (section)

=== Reversion by the Fraser government ===
On 22 January 1976 the [[Fraser government]] reinstated "God Save the Queen" as the national anthem for use at royal and vice-regal events, but otherwise provided a choice between "God Save the Queen", "Advance Australia Fair", "Song of Australia" or "Waltzing Matilda" for civilian functions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 Jan 1976 |title=Cabinet Minute - Musical salutes - Without Submission |url=https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/BasicSearch.aspx |website=[[National Archives of Australia]] |id=NAA: A13075, 56, Item ID: 8908102}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name="Aus Through" /> The choice of four different national anthems was mocked, with ''The Age'' declaring the new anthem as "God Save Australia's Fair Matilda".<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Curran |first1=James |title=The Unknown Nation: Australia After Empire |last2=Ward |first2=Stuart |date=2010 |publisher=Melbourne University Publishing |isbn=978-0-522-85645-3 |edition= |location=Carlton, Vic |chapter='God Save Australia's Fair Matilda': Songs}}</ref> His government made plans to conduct a national poll to find a song for use on ceremonial occasions when it was desired to mark a separate Australian identity, whilst maintaining "God Save The Queen" as the national anthem. This was conducted as a [[1977 Australian plebiscite (National Song)|plebiscite to choose the National Song]], held as an optional additional question in the [[1977 Australian referendum|1977 referendum]] on various issues. Despite both Fraser and Whitlam advocating a vote for "[[Waltzing Matilda]]", "Advance Australia Fair" was the winner with 43.29% of the vote, defeating the three alternatives, "Waltzing Matilda" (28.28%), "[[The Song of Australia]]" (9.65%) and the existing national anthem, "God Save the Queen" (18.78%).<ref name="Aus Through" /><ref>{{cite web |date=30 June 2002 |title=Plebiscite results: National Song Poll |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/library/elect/referend/pleb.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205110200/http://www.aph.gov.au/library/elect/referend/pleb.htm |archive-date=5 February 2008 |access-date=13 February 2008 |publisher=[[Parliament of Australia]]}}</ref>