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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 ...
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 ]
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 ...
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 ...
Flag of Peguis First Nation, Manitoba Three horizontal stripes of yellow, green, and blue; representing the sun shining, grass growing, and water flowing. [ 6 ] There is a red circle in the middle, red representing the Peguis people and the circle for life.
[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] In 2010 Thomas was involved in a dispute with Google over its intended use of a 12-year-old Australian girl's artwork incorporating the Australian Aboriginal flag into its logo. Thomas refused to allow ...
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.
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