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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.
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.
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.
Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Observed annually on 26 January, it marks the 1788 landing of the First Fleet and raising of the Union Flag of Great Britain by Arthur Phillip at Sydney Cove, a small bay on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour. [ 2 ] In the present, the government Australia Day Council organises events ...
The Australian Aboriginal flag was designed by Aboriginal artist Harold Thomas in 1971, and it was first flown in Adelaide in July of that year. Thomas held the intellectual property rights to the flag's design until January 2022, when he transferred the copyright to the Commonwealth government. The flag was designed for the land rights ...
First Anzac Day parade in Sydney, along Macquarie Street, 25 April 1916. The date 25 April was officially named Anzac Day in 1916; [ 26 ] in that year, it was marked by a wide variety of ceremonies and services in Australia, New Zealand and London. [ 27 ] In New Zealand, it was gazetted as a half-day holiday.
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.
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 ...