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A number of Aboriginal flags at an Invasion Day Protest in Melbourne, 2019. The Aboriginal flag is often included in various proposed designs to replace the current Australian Flag. One proposal has been to substitute the Union Flag, located in the canton of the Australian Flag, with the Aboriginal flag. Harold Thomas said of this idea: "I ...
Australian Aboriginal flag first flown in public (designed by Harold Thomas, the flag was flown in Victoria Square, Adelaide on National Aborigines Day, 12 July). [71] 1972. First Indigenous Australian theatre company formed: "Nindethana" (founded by Jack Charles and Bob Maza). [72]
He said he hoped that the democratisation of the flag would "provide comfort to all Aboriginal people and Australians to use the flag". [5] In February 2022 it was revealed that the Morrison government paid A$13.75 m to Thomas to assume copyright. it also paid A$6.3 m to two non-Indigenous businesses who held licences to use the flag.
The Aboriginal flag has been recognised as an official flag of Australia since 1995, flown from government buildings and embraced by sporting clubs. After a deal negotiated with its creator ...
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 ...
CAR members sought meetings with leaders, and conducted three major public consultation events and hundreds of meetings, evoking over 3,000 response forms from individuals. [3] In 1995, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags were recognised. [12] In 1997, the Australian Reconciliation Conference was held in Melbourne. [12]
Coburg, Victoria sign acknowledging that the Wurundjeri people originally inhabited the land, and containing the Australian Aboriginal flag. A land acknowledgement or territorial acknowledgement is a formal statement that acknowledges the original Indigenous peoples of the land, spoken at the beginning of public events. The custom of land ...
Flag of Agin-Buryat Okrug; Ainu flag; Flag of Åland; Flag of the Altai Republic; Flag of Amazonas (Colombian department) Flag of American Samoa; Aramean-Syriac flag; Flag of the Aromanians; Arrano beltza; Flag of the Republic of Artsakh; Assyrian flag; Flag of Asturias; Australian Aboriginal flag; Flag of the Autonomous Region in Muslim ...