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The former flag of the city of Canberra was used unofficially for the Australian Capital Territory, until an official flag was adopted. [1]Even though the Australian Capital Territory has existed since 1909 and was given self-government in 1989, it had never had a flag of its own.
City of Canberra tartan - The City of Canberra tartan was recorded in 1997, and has since been registered in the Scottish Register of Tartans (SRT). [2] [3] Technically, the tartan is registered as a fashion tartan, not a district tartan. [2] It has also not been formally adopted as an official emblem either of the city, or of the ACT. [4]
Coat of arms of Canberra [Note 2] Royal bluebell: 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: Sturt's desert rose: Wedge-tailed ...
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 ...
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The Seat of Government Act 1908 was passed in 1908, which repealed the 1904 Act and specified a capital in the Yass-Canberra region. [ 22 ] [ 33 ] Government surveyor Charles Scrivener was deployed to the region in the same year to map out a specific site and, after an extensive search, settled upon the present location, [ 34 ] basing the ...
A Pennsylvania woman landed in hot water after a video of her urinating on an American flag on July 4th went viral. The shocking footage, which shows Philadelphia-native Emily Lance using a funnel ...
Coat of arms of the City of Canberra; Adopted: 8 October 1928: Crest: A portcullis, covering a gum tree, topped by a crown.: Shield: A blue shield containing a triple towered castle beneath a sword of justice (with a silver blade and a gold pommel and hilt) crossed with a gold parliamentary mace under a crown.