Australians all let us rejoice, For we are young and free; We've golden soil and wealth for toil, Our home is girt by sea; Our land abounds in nature's gifts Of beauty rich and rare; In history's page, let every stage Advance Australia fair! In joyful strains then let us sing, Advance Australia fair! When gallant Cook from Albion sail'd, To trace wide oceans o'er, True British courage bore him on, Till he landed on our shore. Then here he raised old England's flag,

The standard of the brave; With all her faults we love her still, Britannia rules the waves! In joyful strains then let us sing Advance Australia fair! Beneath our radiant southern Cross, We'll toil with hearts and hands; To make this Commonwealth of ours Renowned of all the lands; For those who've come across the seas We've boundless plains to share; With courage let us all combine To advance Australia fair. In joyful strains then let us sing Advance Australia fair! While other nations of the globe Behold us from afar, We'll rise to high renown and shine

Like our glorious southern star; From England, Scotia, Erin's Isle, Who come our lot to share, Let all combine with heart and hand To advance Australia fair! In joyful strains then let us sing Advance Australia fair! Should foreign foe ever sight our coast, Or dare a foot to land, We'll rouse to arms like sires of yore To guard our native strand; Britannia then shall surely know, Beyond wide ocean's roll, Her sons in fair Australia's land Still keep a British soul. In joyful strains then let us sing Advance Australia fair!

Oh! there once was a swagman camped in a Billabong, Under the shade of a Coolabah tree; And he sang as he looked at his old billy boiling, "Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?" Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, my darling? Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me? Waltzing Matilda and leading a water-bag - Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me? Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water-hole, Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee;

And he sang as he stowed him away in his tucker-bag, "You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me" Down came the squatter a-riding his thoroughbred; Down came policemen - one, two and three. "Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tucker-bag? You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!" But the swagman he up and he jumped in the water-hole, Drowning himself by the Coolabah tree; And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the Billabong "Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?" Wales lock Ian Gough says he is ready for a brutal encounter against England at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. "They're a powerful team, you know what you're going to get," said the 32-year-old Ospreys lock, who has 56 caps. "You're going to get a battle, it's going to be blood and guts, it's going to be as hard as they come." Victory would give Wales a hat-trick of Six Nations triumphs over England, who overcame Italy 36-11 last weekend, for the first time in their history. Of the 117 encounters between the old rivals, Wales have won 52 times while England have been successful 53 times. There have been 12 draws. The Welsh Rugby Union has announced a series of major initiatives aimed at the continued development of the game in North Wales in line with the strategic plan for the area as a development Region. The proposals include launching a North Wales Rugby Academy and an innovative plan to introduce Rugby Canada international players to the development region's representative team. The WRU has been working with partners including Rugby Canada and the IRB, and subject to approval from the Board of Rugby Canada next month, this proposal will be launched in January 2010.