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A golden yellow flag with the Union flag in the upper left (hoist) quarter of the flags. On the Union Jack are two yellow five-pointed stars on the vertical stripe and two on the horizontal stripe. In the centre of the Union flag is a blue disc with another, slightly larger, yellow five-pointed star.
Flag of Australia: 1903 –1908: Flag of Australia: 1867 –1869: Flag of the Kingdom of Bau: 1893 –1901: Flag of the Cook Islands Federation: 1973 –1979: Flag of the Cook Islands: 1865 –1867: Flag of the Confederacy of Independent Kingdoms of Fiji: 1871 –1874: Flag of the Kingdom of Fiji: 1877 –1883: Flag of the Colony of Fiji: 1883 ...
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the geographical region of Oceania. Although it is mostly ocean and spans many tectonic plates, Oceania is occasionally listed as one of the continents. Most of this list follows the boundaries of geopolitical Oceania, which includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
The United Nations geoscheme subdivides the region into Australia and New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The UNSD notes that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories". [ 1 ]
Flags of Oceania (1 C, 2 P) National symbols of French Polynesia (2 C, 4 P) N. National symbols of New Zealand (3 C, 18 P) S. National symbols of Samoa (1 C, 5 P)
This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and ...
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The status of these flags varies from one country or sovereign state to the next: most of them are official flags, whereas others are only used de facto, sometimes to indicate a desire for more autonomy or independence. Some flags, such as the flags of Leicestershire and Warwickshire, were created by the College of Arms in the United Kingdom.