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A red lion on a white background in the fly of a British blue ensign. 1877–present [a] Flag of Victoria. The Southern Cross surmounted by a crown in the fly of a British blue ensign. 1953–present. Flag of Western Australia. A black swan on a gold background in the fly of a British blue ensign.
Pacific Community. Proportion. 2:3. Adopted. 6 December 1999. The Flag of the Pacific Community is a symbol used to represent the Pacific Community, an international organisation in Oceania. The current flag was adopted on 6 December 1999 during a conference in Papeete. [1]
The flag of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) consisted of a light blue field that contained six white stars centered in a circle pattern. The stars symbolized the six districts of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: the Marianas, the Marshall Islands, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei (including Kosrae ), and Palau.
The flag of the Federated States of Micronesia was adopted on 30 November 1978. The blue field represents the Pacific Ocean. In an echo of U.S. heraldic practice, the stars represent the four federated states: Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae and Yap, arranged like the points of the compass. [1]
The width of flag is 1 3 ⁄ 5 of the flag's height, meaning the aspect ratio is 5:8. The moon's diameter is 3 ⁄ 5 of the flag's height, its center is placed on the middle of the flag's height and the 7 ⁄ 10 part of the flag's height from the hoist side. [2] [clarification needed] Palau team at the 2008 Summer Olympics with the flag.
The Society Islands (French: Îles de la Société, [2][3] officially Archipel de la Société; [4][5] Tahitian: Tōtaiete mā) [6] are an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean that includes the major islands of Tahiti, Moʻorea, Raiatea, Bora Bora and Huahine. Politically, they are part of French Polynesia, an overseas country of the French ...
Flag attested as being used in the 1963 South Pacific Games: A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the flags of France and the United Kingdom in the center. [14] 1966–1969 1971–1980: Flag attested as being used in the 1966 and 1971 South Pacific Games: A blue field with the emblem of the New Hebrides in the center. [14] 1969–1971
The umbrella term Pacific Islands has taken on several meanings. [1] Sometimes it is used to refer only to the islands defined as lying within Oceania. [2] [3] [4] At other times, it is used to refer to the islands of the Pacific Ocean that were previously colonized by the British, French, Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, or Japanese, or by the United States.