The Australian flag has the Union Jack which is the British flag on the top left hand corner because the British colonised Australia, and the Union Jack symbolises Australia's continuing ties with Britain.
Australia has no continuing ties with the UK having legally separated in 1986 with the coming into effect of the Australia Acts on the 3rd of March 1986 .
The Union flag is simply a hangover from Australias colonial era .
The Union flag was on the ' Australian ' flag because Australia was a part of the British Empire in 1901 and its Colonial flag was designed as sub flag of the British Empire . The Union flag was the National flag of all parts of the British Empire .
Yes, because Australia used to be an island for prisoners a very long time ago.
The Union Jack of United Kingdom's flag is included on the upper left quadrant of the Australian flag.
They are very different. The flag of the United Kingdom, which is referred to as the British flag, appears in the top left corner of the Australian flag. The rest of the Australian flag is blue and has some stars on it, including some representing the Southern Cross, which is a constellation, and the Commonwealth Star.
The flag of the United Kingdom is called the Union flag and not the Union Jack, as it is often referred to.
The United Kingdom flag - the Union Flag - is an amalgam of the flags of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The flag with a large x on it is the flag of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the Union Jack.
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No, originally, the United Kingdom (the British Empire, Britain, U.K., etc.) colonized Australia, thus the reason why the Australian flag features the U.K. flag on the upper left side.
The current Union Flag was adopted in 1801 when it became the flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922 it became the flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Because, although the countries of the UK share a common standard (or flag) they also retain their own individual identities - demonstrated by flying the flag of their patron saint.
The flag of the United Kingdom in 1850 is the current union flag.
because long ago the austrilain had stoled the united kingdoms flag then they joined with another flag.
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