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Flag of Australia
The Australian flag consists of the Union Flag in the upper left corner with the Commonwealth Star beneath it. To the right of that are stars representing the Southern Cross constellation. This design was adopted in 1903. Questions about the Australian flag can be directed here.
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Why is the union jack on australias flag?
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Cause we used to own Australia and all of the Pacific. In fact, once 1 third of the world was run by the UK
What does the biggest star on the Australian flag mean?
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The big star is called the Commonwealth Star. It has seven points, one for each state and one for the territories.
What is in the upper left-hand corner of the Australian flag?
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The Union Jack (Union Flag) is in the upper left-hand corner of the Australia flag. "The Union Jack itself is a composite flag symbolizing the union of the historical components of the United Kingdom. It is composed of intersecting and overlayed red and white vertical and diagonal crosses on blue and white background." Source: http://www.anbg.gov.au/oz/flag-union.html
How many stars are there in the Australian flag?
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The Australian flag has six stars.
The group of five stars to the right of the Union Jack form the constellation of the Southern Cross, a valuable navigation aid to early sailors travelling through the southern hemisphere.
The sixth star, situated below the Union Jack, is known as the Federation or Commonwealth star. It has seven points, with six of the points representing the unity of the six states of Australia, and the seventh representing Australia's two mainland territories as well as its numerous external (offshore) territories.
What is the star at the left hand side corner of the Australian flag known as?
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The seven-pointed star in the lower left quarter of the Australian flag is known as the Commonwealth Star, or the Federation Star. Six of the star's points represent the six original states of the Commonwealth of Australia, while the seventh point represents the territories and/or any future states.
Is there an easy way to draw the Australian flag?
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No. There isn't but the easiest way is to draw the UK flag, put blue around it in a rectangular shape. Then draw stars on that blue part (dark blue).
What does the big star on the australian flag mean?
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The big star on the left represents the Commonwealth of Australia, six of its points stand for Australia's states New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. The seventh point represents the two territories Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory with the capital city Canberra
What is the name of the biggest star known to man?
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The name of the biggest star so far known to man is called VY Canis Majoris.
What is so important about the Australian flag?
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The Australian flag is important to many people because it is the first flag designed when Australia federated (slight design alterations notwithstanding). It is the flag under which our defence forces fought in the two World wars and subsequent wars. The flag encompasses both our heritage and our independence from the nation that founded Australia.
Each of the components of the Australian flag holds significance.
The Union Jack symbolises Australia's links to Great Britain.
The Southern Cross symbolises the great "south land" which so many sailors and explorers sought; the Southern Cross was also a significant navigational aid in the 1600s and 1700s.
The Commonwealth Star symbolises the union of the states and territories.
When is the Australian Flag flown at half-mast?
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These are the protocols for flying the flag at half mast.
On the death of the Sovereign - from the time of announcement of the death up to and including the funeral.
On the death of a member of a royal family.
On the death of the Governor-General or a former Governor-General.
On the death of a distinguished Australian citizen.
Flags in any locality may be flown at half-staff on the death of a notable local citizen or on the day, or part of the day, of their funeral.
On the death of the head of state of another country with which Australia has diplomatic relations on the day of the funeral.
On ANZAC day the flag is flown half-mast until noon.
On Remembrance Day flags are flown at peak till 10:30 am, at half-mast from 10:30am to 11:03am.
What does the four main stars on the Australian flag represent?
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There are six stars on the Australian flag. The big star is the Commonwealth Star which has seven points, one for each state and one for the territories. The other five stars form the Southern Cross constellation which is visible from anywhere in Australia.
Why should we not change the Australian flag?
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The Australian National Flag was chosen at a design competition after the Federation of Australia in 1901. The current design with the seven-pointed Commonwealth Star on the Blue Ensign and the Union Jack in the corner was chosen in 1908.
How many people entered the competition to design the Australian flag?
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The design of the Australian flag was a result of a competition in which 32,823 entries were received but only five almost identical entries were selected.
The five entries came from Ivor Evans, a fourteen-year-old schoolboy from Melbourne; Leslie John Hawkins, a teenager apprenticed to an optician from Sydney; Egbert John Nuttall, an architect from Melbourne; Annie Dorrington, an artist from Perth; and William Stevens, a ship's officer from Auckland, New Zealand.
What was the Australian flag prior 1901?
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Australia was called a lot of things prior to Federation.
Terra Australis Incognita, New South Wales, New Holland, the Colonies and others.
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Originally, Australia was inhabited by Aborigines who had a grasp on their locality but did not concern themselves with the nature of the whole continent. They are not known to have had a name for the continent.
Once European exploration in the area commenced, Australia was initially known as Terra Australis Incognita, meaning "Unknown Southern land".
From the 1600s, the Dutch traders named the western half of the continent New Holland. But for many years, the continent was still referred to as Terra Australis Incognita on Dutch and Portuguese maps.
When Captain James Cook charted the eastern coast in 1770, he claimed it for England under the name of New South Wales. In between this time, some map-makers of the 1700s called it the Great South Land.
Matthew Flinders was the one who first proposed the name "Terra Australis", which became "Australia", the name adopted in 1824 - which was 36 years after the British arrived.
