McCormick, P. D. (Peter Dodds) (1834-1916)

Also known as
Amicus (1834-1916)
McCormick, P. D.
McCormick, Peter Dodds (1834-1916)
Field of activity
composer; lyricist; teacher
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Peter Dodds McCormick is best known today as the composer of the national anthem, Advance Australia Fair. He arrived in Sydney from Scotland in 1855, after completing an apprenticeship as a joiner. He became involved in musical societies and, after attending Fort Street Model School for a month in 1863, he was appointed teacher-in-charge at St Marys National School. He also taught at the Presbyterian denominational school at Woolloomooloo, and Dowling Street Public School. McCormick, a patriotic Scot, was an active member of a number of Scottish patriotic organisations, and a Presbyterian elder. He was the precentor of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of NSW and organised many church choirs, and conducted a choir of ten thousand children and a thousand teachers at the Robert Raikes Sunday school centenary demonstration in 1880. He published numerous patriotic and Scottish songs, including Awake! Awake! Australia, and The Bonnie Banks o' Clyde, taking the pseudonym "Amicus". McCormick claimed he wrote the words and music for Advance Australia Fair after attending a concert which featured many national anthems, but none for Australia. Its original opening line was "Australia's sons, let us rejoice". It was premiered at the St Andrew's Day concert of the Highland Society in 1878 and later published by WH Paling and Co. Most significantly, it was sung at the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia by a choir of ten thousand, with the words modified slightly to include "our youthful Commonwealth". In 1907 the Carruthers government awarded McCormick one hundred pounds for his patriotic composition. It was not until 1974 that it was proclaimed the national anthem by the Whitlam government. After the Fraser government's decision to restore God Save the Queen as the anthem, the Governor-General finally proclaimed it as the national anthem in 1984.

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  1. Advance Australia fair / composed by Peter Dodds McCormick
    McCormick, P. D. (Peter Dodds), 1834?-1916
    [ Book : 1915-2011 ]
    At 97 libraries
    Advance Australia fair / composed by Peter Dodds McCormick
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  2. Advance Australia fair / illustrated by John McIntosh ; written by P.D. McCormick
    McCormick, P. D. (Peter Dodds), 1834?-1916
    [ Book : 1996 ]
    At 42 libraries
    Advance Australia fair / illustrated by John McIntosh ; written by P.D. McCormick
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  3. Letters
    McCormick, P. D. (Peter Dodds), 1834?-1916
    [ Unpublished : 1913-1915 ]
    At National Library
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  4. Advance Australia fair / written and composed by "Amicus"
    McCormick, P. D. (Peter Dodds), 1834?-1916
    [ Printed music : 1900-2005 ]
    Languages: English, No linguistic content, Maori
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    Advance Australia fair / written and composed by "Amicus"
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  5. Advance, Australia fair / words and music by P.D. McCormick ; God save the Queen / composed by Henry Carey
    McCormick, P. D. (Peter Dodds), 1834?-1916
    [ Printed music : 1910-2002 ]
    Languages: English, Maori
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    At 12 libraries
    Advance, Australia fair / words and music by P.D. McCormick ; God save the Queen / composed by Henry Carey
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  6. The Australian national anthem
    Cowan, Marie, d.1919
    [ Printed music : 1980-1989 ]
    At 23 libraries
    The Australian national anthem
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  7. Advance Australia fair / P. D. McCormick ; arr. Leehy, O'Brien, O'Mara
    McCormick, P. D. (Peter Dodds), 1834?-1916
    [ Sound : 2005 ]
    At 11 libraries
    Advance Australia fair / P. D. McCormick ; arr. Leehy, O'Brien, O'Mara
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  8. The four school mates : an Australian tale of misfortune and success / by P.D. McCormick ; preface by John Fraser ; introduction by Archd. Gilchrist
    McCormick, P. D. (Peter Dodds), 1834?-1916
    [ Book : 1896 ]
    At 8 libraries
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  9. Advance Australia fair (the national anthem) / composed by 'Amicus' (Peter Dodds McCormick) ; arr. by M.A. Butcher
    McCormick, P. D. (Peter Dodds), 1834?-1916
    [ Printed music : 1990-1997 ]
    At 4 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.393)

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  10. Paling's album of national and patriotic songs
    McCormick, P. D. (Peter Dodds), 1834?-1916
    [ Printed music : 1914 ]
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    At 5 libraries
    Paling's album of national and patriotic songs
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  1. Letters
    McCormick, P. D. (Peter Dodds), 1834?-1916
    [ Unpublished : 1913-1915 ]
    At National Library
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  2. Sydney Town Hall : address at its opening
    Gilchrist, Archibald, 1843-1896
    [ Photograph : 1940 ]
    At State Library of VIC
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  1. Advance Australia fair : for brass quintet / Peter Dodds McCormick ; arr. Sarah Wells, 2007
    McCormick, P. D. (Peter Dodds)
    [ Printed music : 2007 ]
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  4. Advance, Australia fair [music] Words and music by P. D. McCormick ; arranged by Kit Smith
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    ... POINTS FROM LETTERS ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR. With reference to the author of "Advance Australia Fair," may I quote an extract from an old Scottish song book:-"Written and composed by Peter Dodds Mccormick (183« (1834- 1916). P. D. Mccormick was born at Port Glasgow in the year ... 228 words
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  3. DEATH OF MR. P. D. McCORMICK.
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    ... DEATH OF MR. P. D. McCORMICK. The death occurred suddenly at his residence, Clydebank, Birrell-street, Waverley, ley, yesterday of Mr. Peter Dodds Mccormick, a prominent member of the Presbyterian Church and composer of "Advance, Australia Fair." The late Mr. McCormick ... 596 words
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