Advance Australia Fair, the country's national anthem, was written in 1878 by Peter Dodds McCormick, a joiner from Port Glasgow. The significance of the song’s homecoming has been a revelation to Australians at Glasgow 2026. Team Australia boxer Monique Suraci said she was taught the song in primary school but knew nothing of its Scottish roots. I’ll be keeping it in the back of my head from now on that a Scottish man wrote the Australian national anthem.” And he implored members of Team Australia to visit the town which gave rise to their national tune.