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The following is a timeline of the flag of Australia. 3 September 1901 – The winning entry in the 1901 Federal Flag Design Competition is announced, and the Australian flag is flown for the first time at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne. In the same week it was also flown at the Melbourne show. 16 September 1901 – The Australian flag is formally raised at Townsville, Queensland ...
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 ...
While another version with four 7-pointed stars was approved by the King, this version was again approved by the PM in 1908, shortly before the Commonwealth Star was modified. The two versions were used as government flag and ensign, war flag, and sometimes as civil flag for Australia.
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)
Flags of the Marshal Foch victory-harmony banner June 8, 1919. This is a collection of lists of flags, including the flags of states or territories, groups or movements and individual people. There are also lists of historical flags and military flag galleries. Many of the flag images are on Wikimedia Commons.
Printable version; In other projects ... This article is part of a series on the: History of Australia; Timeline and periods. ... 1901 Federal Flag Design Competition;
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 ...
Printable version; In other projects ... Timeline of Australian television; ... Timeline of the flag of Australia