Australian Plebiscite, 1977
As an additional question in the 1977 referendum, the voters were polled on which song they would prefer to be used to mark occasions where a particularly Australian national identity was desired. Voting on this question was not compulsory. According to the AEC Electoral Pocketbook, this was one of only three plebiscites to be held in Australia - the previous two had been regarding military service in 1916 and 1917.
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