Peter Dodds McCormickPeter Dodds McCormick came to Australia from Glasgow in 1855, and worked for most of his life as a school teacher in Sydney. He composed over thirty patriotic and Scottish songs. The most famous of these was Advance Australia Fair, for which he was aid £100 in 1907 by the New South Wales Government, nearly thirty years after it was first performed. He died in 1916, just one year after registering copyright for his song. Read More Read Less