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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 14:43, 10 August 2022: 1,212 × 1,131 (150 KB): John emil hernandez: commonwealth star is missing: 02:25, 21 December 2015
Anzac Day was first commemorated at the Australian War Memorial in 1942, but, due to government orders preventing large public gatherings in case of Japanese air attack, it was a small affair and was neither a march nor a memorial service. Anzac Day has been annually commemorated at the Australian War Memorial ever since.
Identical flags are much less common and contain an element for which a simple mirror image would be problematic, such as text (e.g. The Flag of Saudi Arabia includes the shahada, an Islamic creed; The Flag of Iraq includes the Takbir) or a geographic feature (e.g. The Flag of the United Nations included an Azimuthal equidistant projection of ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 15:36, 22 November 2024: 936 × 602 (219 KB): NatoTheVideoEditor AUTTP 2023 Est. 2011: Reverted to version as of 05:25, 23 November 2022 (UTC) .
The primary arguments for keeping the flag cite historic precedence, while those for changing the flag are based around the idea that the status quo does not accurately depict Australia's status as an independent and multicultural nation, [131] nor is its design unique enough to easily distinguish it from similar flags, such as the flags of New ...
Anzac Day originally commemorated a battle on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey during World War One. At dawn on April 25, 1915, thousands of troops from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ...
Flag map of Australia (i.e. map outline of Australia containing flag of Australia) with map oriented so that south is at top ("down under"). Date: 2012: Source: Modification of GFDL/CC-BY-SA image File:Australia stub.svg...
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.