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The national flag of Australia is based on the British Blue Ensign—a blue field with the Union Jack in the upper hoist quarter—augmented with a large white seven-pointed star (the Commonwealth Star) and a representation of the Southern Cross constellation, made up of five white stars (one small five-pointed star and four, larger, seven ...
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 ...
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 ...
Common design elements of flags include shapes such as stars, stripes, and crosses, layout elements such as including a canton (a rectangle with a distinct design, such as another national flag), and the overall shape of a flag, such as the aspect ratio of a rectangular flag (whether the flag is square or rectangle, and how wide it is) or the ...
Navy blue and silver Gold: Koolasuchus Cleelandi [6] Victorian tartan: Symbols of Victoria: Western Australia: Coat of arms of Western Australia: Badge of Western Australia: Red and green kangaroo paw: Black swan: Numbat: Whale shark Whale shark-Gold and black -Gogo fish [7] Western Australia tartan: Symbols of Western Australia
The design of the flag is based on the British civil air ensign, which is divided into quarters by a dark blue cross with a white fimbriation. There is a Union Jack in the upper hoist quarter, and the other quarters light blue. When an Australian version was first adopted in 1935, it included the stars from the Australian national flag in ...
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The battle flag of the Eureka Stockade featured the five stars of the constellation Crux Australis in white on a white cross and blue field. [2] [3] [4] 1900 Melbourne Evening Herald Flag (Blue) Mr. F. Thompson of Melbourne The six red stripes represent the six Australian states. Won Melbourne Evening Herald contest in 1900. [5] 1900