Any country's National Flag with a small Union Flag on the upper left corner was once a member of the British Empire.
Australia was once part of the commonwealth or the British empire, which is reflected in the flag.
In the top left corner is a minny British flag
Captain James Cook sailed on the HMS Endeavour. The ship had a red flag with the Union Jack in the upper left corner.
The Australian flag does not have any stripes. The Union Jack in the upper left corner (or canton), which has diagonal lines but not stripes, acknowledges Australia's origin as a British settlement.
To the viewer, Upper-Left corner
upper left-hand corner, as it is viewed
first draw from the upper left corner to the upper right corner then to the lower right corner from there to the middle next to the lower left corner finally up to the upper left corner then stopfirst draw from the upper left corner to the upper right corner then to the lower right corner from there to the middle next to the lower left corner finally up to the upper left corner then stopfirst draw from the upper left corner to the upper right corner then to the lower right corner from there to the middle next to the lower left corner finally up to the upper left corner then stopfirst draw from the upper left corner to the upper right corner then to the lower right corner from there to the middle next to the lower left corner finally up to the upper left corner then stopfirst draw from the upper left corner to the upper right corner then to the lower right corner from there to the middle next to the lower left corner finally up to the upper left corner then stopfirst draw from the upper left corner to the upper right corner then to the lower right corner from there to the middle next to the lower left corner finally up to the upper left corner then stopfirst draw from the upper left corner to the upper right corner then to the lower right corner from there to the middle next to the lower left corner finally up to the upper left corner then stopfirst draw from the upper left corner to the upper right corner then to the lower right corner from there to the middle next to the lower left corner finally up to the upper left corner then stop
It's a union jack. From England.
The Venezuelan flag has an optional coat of arms in the upper left hand corner on which is a white horse.
The original 13 Colonies were British settlements. The first unique flag of the 13 Colonies was the Grand Union Flag also called the Continental Colors. It was a British Red Ensign flag with 6 white stripes sewn on it making 13 alternating red and white stripes. Instead of stars in the upper left corner of the flag there was the British Union Jack which was the combination of the flag of England (the red vertical-horizontal St. George's cross) and the flag of Scotland (the white diagonal corner to corner St. Andrews cross).
it was England, that's why they have the British flag in the left top hand corner of their own flag
The flag of the People's Republic of China is red. The flag features five yellow stars in the upper left corner with the left star larger than the other four.