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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 ...
List of flags by color; List of flags by color combination; List of flags by design; List of micronations; List of sovereign states by date of formation; List of sportspeople with dual nationality; National Rugby Sevens Championships; National symbols of Australia; Netball at the 2017 Pacific Mini Games; New South Wales women's rugby league team
The Torres Strait Islander flag is the official flag of the Torres Strait Islanders, an Indigenous people of Australia. It was designed in 1992 by Bernard Namok, who won a local competition held by the Islands Coordinating Council. It was recognised by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission in June 1992.
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 ...
On 14 July 1995 the flag was made an official "Flag of Australia". [11] [2] In 1997 Thomas was involved in a high-profile case in the Federal Court and the High Court, to assert copyright over his design. [12] [13] The outcome was that he was declared the copyright owner of the flag's design, according to copyright law of Australia. [14] [15]
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 ...
The Australian Aboriginal flag was designed in 1971 by Harold Thomas, an Aboriginal artist who is descended from the Luritja people of Central Australia. In 1972, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was established on the steps of Old Parliament House in Canberra , the Australian capital, to demand sovereignty for the Aboriginal Australian peoples. [ 240 ]
The flag design is identical to the shield on the coat of arms of Melbourne. [26] 1949–present Flag of the City of Perth [21] Saint George's Cross overlaid with the City of Perth coat of arms in the centre. [27] 1908–present Flag of the City of Sydney [21] The flag is a horizontal triband of three colours – white, gold and blue.