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Australian National Flag; Use: National flag and state ensign: Proportion: 1:2: Adopted: 11 February 1903; 122 years ago () [1] 8 December 1908; 116 years ago () [2] (current seven-pointed Commonwealth Star version) 8 April 1954; 70 years ago () (designated as the Australian National Flag and given precedence over the Union Jack)
The economist and botanist R. T. Baker proposed that the waratah's endemism to the Australian continent made it a better choice than the wattle, as well as the prominence of its flowers. The South Australian Evening News also supported the bid, but to no avail. [2]
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 ...
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 ...
Five unequal horizontal bands; the top-most band of blue - equal to one half the width of the flag - is followed by three bands of white, red, and white, each equal to 1/12 of the width, and a bottom stripe of blue equal to one quarter of the flag width; a circle of 10 yellow, five-pointed stars is centered on the red stripe and positioned 3/8 ...
While France does not have an official national flower, the fleur-de-lis, which was a symbol of the royal family, as well as the cornflower (blue), marguerite (white), and red poppy, which together represent the tri-colored national flag, are also generally treated as French national flowers.
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] Nearly every current Australian national sports team wears them (although the ...
Eureka Flag "Lieutenant" Henry Ross [1] The battle flag of the Eureka Stockade featured the five stars of the constellation Crux Australis in white on a white cross and blue field. [2] [3] [4] 1900 Melbourne Evening Herald Flag (Blue) Mr. F. Thompson of Melbourne The six red stripes represent the six Australian states.