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The national flag of Australia is based on the British Blue Ensign —a blue field with the Union Jack in the upper hoist quarter—augmented with a large white seven-pointed star (the Commonwealth Star) and a representation of the Southern Cross constellation, made up of five white stars (one small five-pointed star and four, larger, seven ...
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 ...
3 September 1901. [ 1 ] National coat of arms. Coat of arms of Australia. Commonwealth Coat of Arms. 19 September 1912. [ 2 ] Governor general's standard. Flag of the governor-general of Australia.
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
The uniforms of Australia's national sports teams are usually green and gold. [8] The golden wattle flower, and the colours green and gold, are also featured on the Coat of arms of Australia. According to the Australian government, "green and gold have been popularly embraced as Australia’s national sporting colours" since the late 1800s. [1]
The coat of arms of Australia, officially the Commonwealth Coat of Arms, [ 1 ] is a formal symbol of the Commonwealth of Australia. [ 2 ] It depicts a shield, containing symbols of Australia's six states, and is held up by native Australian animals, the kangaroo and the emu. [ 3 ] The seven-pointed Commonwealth Star surmounting the crest also ...
Gang-gang cockatoo. Brush-tailed rock-wallaby. For the King, the Law and the People. Blue and gold. Batocara mitchelli '[8] City of Canberra tartan [Note 3] Symbols of Australian Capital Territory [9] Northern Territory. Coat of arms of the Northern Territory.
Commonwealth Star. The Commonwealth Star (also known as the Federation Star, the Seven Point Star, or the Star of Federation) is a seven-pointed star symbolising the Federation of Australia which came into force on 1 January 1901. Six points of the Star represent the six original states of the Commonwealth of Australia, while the seventh point ...