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By 1954, however, in line with Australia's increasing independence from the United Kingdom, the blue ensign was designated as the Australian National Flag with the passage of the Flags Act 1953. The act also gave the Australian flag precedence over the Union Jack for the first time.
Flag Date Use Description 1901–1903 Original 1901 Federal Flag Design Competition winner [1]: A Blue Ensign defaced with the six-point Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter and the five stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half (each star had a varying number of points: 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5—with Alpha Crucis being larger than Beta and Gamma and with Delta being smaller than Beta and ...
A weekly finalist in the Daily Telegraph flag design competition [10] 1992 John Bartholomew A stylised golden kangaroo on a green field with the Southern Cross in the canton. Winning design in Adelaide Advertiser flag competition [10] 1993 David Couzens A vertical tricolour of black, gold and green with the Southern Cross in the black band.
Flag of the governor-general of Australia: Flag of the governor general of Australia: 1953 Indigenous flag Australian Aboriginal flag: Australian Aboriginal Flag: 14 July 1995 [3] [4] Indigenous flag Torres Strait Islander flag: 14 July 1995 [5] National anthem: Advance Australia Fair "Advance Australia Fair" 19 April 1984 [6] Royal anthem: God ...
Poster released by Ausflag prior to the 2000 Sydney Olympics, displaying some of the many other flags containing the Union Jack in the canton. The Australian flag debate is a question over whether the Australian flag should be changed, particularly to remove the Union Jack from the canton, but also to possibly introduce a completely new design without the Southern Cross.
Flag of the Chief of Navy of Australia; Flag of the Australian Aboriginals; State Flag of Austria; Flag of the Bahamas; Civil Ensign of the Bahamas; Naval Ensign of the Bahamas; Flag of Barbados; Naval Ensign of Barbados; Flag of Basel-Stadt; Flag of the Kingdom of Bau (1867-1869) Flag of Belgium; Air Force Ensign of Belgium; Army Flag of ...
State/territory flag Main colour Secondary colours Further information Australian Capital Territory: 454,499 Blue Gold and White [2] see Sport in Australian Capital Territory: New South Wales: 8,072,163 Sky Blue Navy Blue and White [3] see Sport in New South Wales: Northern Territory: 232,605 Red Ochre Black and White [4] see Sport in Northern ...
The following is a timeline of the flag of Australia. 3 September 1901 – The winning entry in the 1901 Federal Flag Design Competition is announced, and the Australian flag is flown for the first time at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne. In the same week it was also flown at the Melbourne show. 16 September 1901 – The Australian flag is formally raised at Townsville, Queensland ...