beacause it is opposite
The Union Jack of United Kingdom's flag is included on the upper left quadrant of the Australian flag.
Cause we used to own Australia and all of the Pacific. In fact, once 1 third of the world was run by the UK
-- Flag vs Jack --The British Flag is called the 'Union Flag', as it is comprised of the crosses of St Andrew (Scotland), St George (England) and St Patrick (Ireland). St David is not included because Wales is a Principality, not a Kingdom.The flag is called the 'Union Jack' when flown from a ship.
Union Flag, or more casually the Union Jack
Because Australia was colonised by the poms and when we were an established nation that needed a flag, they had the majority of the population and therefore had to have something English in our flag (the union jack) because they introduced trade and modernised our country, etc.
I'm not sure what you mean by 'special name', but the official name for the British flag is: Union Jack
It would then be the Union Jack.
The jack refers to the jackstay of a ship, on which the Union Jack would be displayed. Strictly speaking the flag should be called the Union Flag, but Union Jack is well known. Actually, the union jack is what the flag is called out at sea, but the union flag is what they call it on land.
The Union Jack is the nickname of the UK flag.
The Union Jack is the flag flown at the bow of a Royal Navy ship. The Union Flag is the flag of Great Britain.
The Union Jack is let to fly on the ships also on sea but the Union Flag is let to fly on Land. That is the difference between the two two flags. Hope this Helps. :) The Union Jack was never called the union flag, The Union Jack was the flag of England
Yes it is called the union jack