O Arise, All You Sons - wikipedia O Arise, All You Sons O Arise, All You Sons National anthem of Papua New Guinea Lyrics Thomas Shacklady Music Thomas Shacklady Adopted Audio sample O Arise, All You Sons ( instrumental ) file help `` O Arise, All You Sons '' is the national anthem of Papua New Guinea. The song was promoted to national anthem when Papua New Guinea became independent on 16 September 1975. The anthem was composed by a former Royal Marine and Australian soldier, Thomas Shacklady. Lyrics O arise all you sons of this land, Let us sing of our joy to be free, Praising God and rejoicing to be Papua New Guinea. Shout our name from the mountains to seas Papua New Guinea ; Let us raise our voices and proclaim Papua New Guinea. Now give thanks to the good Lord above For His kindness, His wisdom and love For this land of our fathers so free, Papua New Guinea. Shout again for the whole world to hear Papua New Guinea ; We 're independent and we 're free, Papua New Guinea. External links National anthem of Papua New Guinea MIDI file Link to MP3 file National anthems of Oceania and the Pacific Islands National anthems Australia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Regional anthems American Samoa ( U.S. ) Cook Islands ( N.Z. ) Easter Island ( Chile ) French Polynesia ( France ) Guam ( U.S. ) Hawaii ( U.S. ) New Caledonia ( France ) Niue ( N.Z. ) Northern Mariana Islands ( U.S. ) Pitcairn Islands ( U.K. ) Tokelau ( N.Z. ) United States Minor Outlying Islands ( U.S. ) Wallis and Futuna ( France ) Former anthems Marshall Islands ( 1977 -- 91 ) Federated States of Micronesia ( 1979 -- 91 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=O_Arise,_All_You_Sons&oldid=828023081 '' Categories : National anthems Papua New Guinean music National symbols of Papua New Guinea Oceanian anthems Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk About Wikipedia Беларуская Български Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Esperanto فارسی Français Galego 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Basa Jawa Lietuvių Bahasa Melayu Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Tok Pisin Polski Português Русский Српски / srpski Suomi ไทย Українська 中文 19 more Edit links This page was last edited on 28 February 2018, at 02 : 48. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote the national anthem of papua new guinea
Answer: a former Royal Marine and Australian soldier, Thomas Shacklady