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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 wouldn′t reject it out of hand, but I could make a decision to say no.
Harold Joseph Thomas (born 1947), also known as Bundoo, is an Aboriginal Australian artist and former activist, known for designing and copyrighting the Australian Aboriginal flag. He claims to have designed the flag in 1971 as a symbol of the Aboriginal land rights movement , and in 1995 it was made an official "Flag of Australia".
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 area was significant as an affordable source of low-cost housing for disadvantaged Aboriginal people. The Block has historically been the subject of large protests, starting in the early 1970s, when landlords in the area conducted a campaign of evicting all Aboriginal residents. A group of campaigners, led by future judge Bob Bellear and his wife Kay, successfully lobbied the Whitlam
The flag made in secret by the Changi prisoners-of-war was a red ensign. [8] The coffins of Australia's war dead were draped with the Union Jack. [9] Although the flag was designed by four Australians, including two teenagers, and a man from New Zealand [10] and chosen through a public competition, the choice of designs was not completely free ...
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 ]
In June 2022 the Perrottet government announced plans to fly the Aboriginal flag on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, at the cost of 25 million dollars. [53] This was seen as a hypocritical move by some, as in 2018 he lashed out at the same proposal by then-Opposition Leader Luke Foley , branding the proposal as 'virtue signaling.' [ 54 ]
The Torres Strait Islander, Aboriginal and Australian national flags. Reconciliation in Australia was [1] [2] a process which officially began in 1991 and held relevance through until late 2023 [3], focused on the improvement of relations between the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia and the rest of the population.