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  2. Australian red ensign - Wikipedia

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    The Australian red ensign is the civil ensign of Australia, the flag of nationality flown by Australian registered ships. It is a red version of the national flag , which is mainly blue. Both flags resulted from the Commonwealth Government's 1901 Federal Flag Design Competition which required two entries: an ensign for Commonwealth Government ...

  3. List of Australian flags - Wikipedia

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    1831–1903 (de facto Flag of Australia); 1903–1920s (still commonly used) Australian Federation Flag/New South Wales Ensign [56] A British White Ensign, featuring the Cross in Azure with five Argent Stars often varying between 5–8 Points. It was the de facto flag of Australia from 1 January 1901 to 3 September 1901. It was widely used in ...

  4. Flag of Australia - Wikipedia

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    A memo from the Prime Minister's Department dated 6 March 1939 states that "the Red Ensign is the flag to be flown by the public generally" and the federal government policy was "The flying of the Commonwealth Blue Ensign is reserved for Commonwealth Government use but there is no reservation in the case of the Commonwealth Merchant Flag, or ...

  5. Red Ensign - Wikipedia

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    New Zealand's Red Ensign Example of a Red Ensign used by some Māori. The New Zealand Red Ensign with the Union Flag in the first quarter, and the Southern Cross, represented by four five-pointed white stars featured in the fly became the official flag in New Zealand for merchant vessels in 1901. [16] Previously a plain red ensign was used.

  6. Flag of New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    The flag of New Zealand (Māori: te haki o Aotearoa), also known as the New Zealand Ensign, [1] is based on the British maritime Blue Ensign – a blue field with the Union Jack in the canton or upper hoist corner – augmented or defaced with four red stars centred within four white stars, representing the Southern Cross constellation.

  7. List of New Zealand flags - Wikipedia

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    New Zealand Fire Service (Fire and Emergency Service) Ensign A blue flag with the New Zealand Flag in the canton, with the Fire Service emblem in the fly. 1966–present New Zealand Customs Service Flag A New Zealand Blue Ensign, with the letters "HMC" (for "Her Majesty's Customs" in the lower hoist was in use from 1966 to 1996.

  8. List of flags by color - Wikipedia

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    Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965) Flag of Cornwall; ... Civil Ensign of New Zealand; Naval Ensign of New Zealand; Flag of Nicaragua; ... Flag of Australia; Air Force ...

  9. National Māori flag - Wikipedia

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    The Red Ensign is a variant of the New Zealand national flag initially created for use by merchant vessels. Historically Māori have preferred this variant, often flying it rather than the blue ensign at places and occasions of particular Māori significance, and often defacing it with names or symbols of their social groups. [13]

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