How did Australias flag come about?

Answer 1

Prior to Federation, each of the colonies of Australia had its own flag, but because they did not make up a nation, there was no national flag. After the Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed on 1 January 1901, the Commonwealth government held a design competition for a new national flag. There were 32,000 entries in the competition, and most featured the Union Jack, the Southern Cross, or native animals.

Five almost identical entries were selected to share the 200 pound prize. The entries belonged to 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.

On 3 September 1901, the new Australian flag flew for the first time from the top of the Exhibition Building in Melbourne. The flag was simplified, and approved by King Edward VII in 1902.

Answer 2

The design of the Australian flag came about as a result of a competition in which five almost identical entries were selected. Following Federation of the Australian states in January 1901, the new Commonwealth Government announced a Federal Flag design competition on 29 April 1901. The idea for the competition was initiated by Melbourne journal Review for Australiasia in 1900.

Five almost identical entries were selected to share the prize, and there were two designs selected: two designs were announced as the competition winners - a blue flag which would be used by the government, and an identical design on a red background, to be used by merchant ships.

The five entries came from Ivor Evans, a fourteen-year-old schoolboy from Melbourne; Leslie John Hawkins, a Sydney teenager who was apprenticed to an optician; Melbourne architect Egbert John Nuttall; Annie Dorrington, an artist from Perth; and ship's officer William Stevens who was from Auckland, New Zealand.

The flag was slightly modified by the British Admiralty in 1903, with the stars of the Southern Cross being simplified. In 1908, the Australian Government increased the number of points on the Commonwealth star from six to seven points, with the seventh point representing Australia's mainland and offshore territories.

Answer 3

After the Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed on 1 January 1901, the Commonwealth government held a design competition for a new national flag. There were 32,000 entries in the competition, and most featured the Union Jack, the Southern Cross, or native animals.

Five almost identical entries were selected to share the 200 pound prize. The entries belonged to 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.

On 3 September 1901, the new Australian flag flew for the first time from the top of the Exhibition Building in Melbourne. The flag was simplified, and approved by King Edward VII in 1902.

Answer 4

the prime minister thought that we needed a flag so they put up a compitition 5 nearly identical then it was first shown in the sky