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The following is a timeline of the flag of Australia. 3 September 1901 – The winning entry in the 1901 Federal Flag Design Competition is announced, and the Australian flag is flown for the first time at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne. In the same week it was also flown at the Melbourne show. 16 September 1901 – The Australian flag is formally raised at Townsville, Queensland ...
Following the release, Malcolm Turnbull, then-prime minister and a former Ausflag director, told the group that the flag would never change, viewing it as an important symbol of Australian history. [134] A 2004 Newspoll that asked: "Are you personally in favour or against changing the Australian flag so as to remove the Union Jack emblem?" was ...
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 ...
Australia: 1769 1801 1901 1903 1908 1954 Australia: Austria: 1522 1918 1938 1945 1955 Austria: Azerbaijan: 1555 1918 1918 1920 1922 1937 1940 1952 1991 2013 Azerbaijan: Bahamas: 1869 1904 1923 1953 1964 1973 2006 Bahamas: Bahrain: 1783 1820 1932 1972 2002 Bahrain: Bangladesh: 1971 1972 Bangladesh: Barbados: 1885 1958 1962 1966 Barbados: Belarus ...
The Colonial Office rejected the Federation Flag, issuing Barton a mild rebuke. [3] The Australian government received approval to fly the Blue Ensign in 1903, but the Australian Federation Flag was still being flown by Australian citizens as late as the 1920s. It was formerly used in Sydney Central Railway Station's main hall.
One of the most recognizable moments in American history was the raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima during WWII. The moment was captured on camera by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal ...
The act specifies the colours and construction details for the Australian National Flag and the Australian Red Ensign (also known as the Australian Merchant Flag). Sections 5 & 6 confer statutory powers on the Governor-General to appoint 'flags and ensigns of Australia', and authorise warrants and make rules as to use of flags.