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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 ...
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 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.
The current design of the flag acts as reminder of the history of unjust treatment towards Indigenous Australians, with Aboriginal activist Lowitja O'Donoghue arguing in the 1990s that it symbolises "dispossession and oppression" and that it "doesn’t reflect the reality of [modern] Australian life". [3] The Australian flag was not ...
For Pride month 2023, learn the significance of different LGBTQ flags, including the Gilbert Baker Pride Flag, Traditional Pride Flag, and Progress Pride Flag.
Each color, pattern, and design has its own specific meaning: for instance, the Philly Pride flag has two extra stripes, one black and one brown, to highlight people of color in the LGBTQ+ community.