NATIONAL SONG
AUSTRALIAN VERSES
Pi£ ™-year-pld woman—Jvlrs. Marie Pitt, of Northcote, Victoria—won tl>> first prize of £70 in the Australian Broadcasting Commission's competition to find suitable verses for an Australian national song. There were 1200 entries.
First verse of the winning entry Ave, Australia," is: Flin irong h ln "tf tO Ule W ° rld and the Tl S£n er i, h . er name to the daw « that 0113.1 l DC. A Name S of al the N iree! a S ° ng in "~
Mrs. Pitt in 1902, won a competition for a "Song of Empire," which s!fe S ak O /n e g \; O or a id. PartS ° f the EngUsh " The judges says of her latest workit has movement, passion, and poetic imagery, which stir the bloodisi simp e and forceful, and expresses national feeling that all Australians will be able to sing with enthusiasm This poem, set to effective mutic' we feel sure, would be a national proud 0 " WhiCh Australians could bi
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19450825.2.25
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 201, 25 August 1945, Page 4
Word Count
164NATIONAL SONG Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 201, 25 August 1945, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in