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3 July – Floods ravage New South Wales, with Camden flooding for the fourth time in one year. 4 July – In the state of Victoria, Since July 2022, the Aboriginal flag will formally fly over West Gate Bridge alongside the Australian flag permanently as announced. The move is the same as NSW Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The current state flag of New South Wales was officially adopted in 1876. The flag is based on the defaced British Blue Ensign with the state badge located in the fly.The badge, based on the coat of arms, is a white disc with the cross of St George, a golden lion passant guardant in the centre of the cross and an eight-pointed gold star on each arm of the cross.
He first raised the Union Flag on 7 February 1788 when he proclaimed the Colony of New South Wales. [38] [37] [39] The Union Flag at that stage was the one introduced in 1606, which did not include the Saint Patrick's Saltire; it was included from 1801 after the Acts of Union 1801. The second version post-1801 is depicted on the Australian flag.
nsw.gov.au. New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral and Tasman Seas to the east.
Australian flag debate. Poster released by Ausflag prior to the 2000 Sydney Olympics, displaying some of the many other flags containing the Union Jack in the canton. The Australian flag debate is a question over whether the Australian flag should be changed, particularly to remove the Union Jack from the canton, but also to possibly introduce ...
The states and territories are the second level of government of Australia. [ 2 ] The states are partially sovereign, administrative divisions that are self-governing polities, having ceded some sovereign rights to the federal government. [ 3 ] They have their own constitutions, legislatures, executive governments, judiciaries and law ...
108,517 (2022) Area. 69 km 2 (26.6 sq mi) Demographic. Outer metropolitan. The Division of Fowler is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. Fowler is based in Sydney's outer southwestern suburbs of Liverpool, Warwick Farm, Chipping Norton, Cabramatta, Canley Vale, Mount Pritchard, Abbotsbury, Bossley Park, Edensor ...
Description. 1876–present. Flag of New South Wales [ 6 ][ 7 ] A St George's Cross with four gold stars and a lion in the fly of a British blue ensign. 1876–present [ a ] Flag of Queensland [ 6 ] A light blue Maltese cross with a crown on a white background in the fly of a British blue ensign. 1904–present.