Dependency Flags of Australia
The flag of New South Wales is fascinating to me. The flag-badge is the cross of St. George with a gold colored lion in the center, and four gold stars on the arms of the cross. It dates from 1876, thus making it one of many historic flags still raised on Australian flagpoles today. The arms date from the year 1906.
As far as the flag of Queensland is concerned, the flag-badge depicts a Maltese cross with a crown in the middle and dates from the month of November of the year 1876. It was added to the coat of arms in 1893. Like the banner of New South Wales, the background is also in a darker shade of blue.
The flag-badge of Australia dates from 1904, thus making it more than 100 years old. It was only used on the flag until 1984 when the design of the coat of arms was changed to the same design.
The flag of Tasmania looks very much similar to the aforementioned flags. The lion badge is unique however to Tasmania. The badge was introduced in the late 1800s, but was not added to the arms as the crest till 1917.
The representing standard of the Northern Territory has been raised on local flagpoles since 1978, and was designed by two graphic artists. The stars on the black hoist are like those of Victoria, and the fly features a stylized Sturt’s desert rose on a field of ochre.
The original flag-badge of Victoria dates back to 1870, and was without the royal crown, which was added seven years later in 1877. Therefore the design looks similar to the modern national standard. The crowned stars became the state arms in nineteen ten.
The black swan was the badge of the Sawn River Colony and became the flag-badge in 1875. In the year nineteen fifty three the swan was turned to face to the hoist.
The flag of Norfolk Island was adopted in January of 1980 and depicts a Norfolk Island pine, first used on a seal in 1856. The island also has a coat of arms. The dependency is located east of Australia in the Pacific Ocean.
Positioned south of Java in the Indian Ocean, Christmas Island is an Australian dependency. Its flag is only unofficial and for internal use. The stars are as in the Australian flag. In the center is a map of the island, and a frigate bird appears in the upper part of the fly.
The Aboriginals of Australia have flown their representing flag from Australian flagpoles since 1972, when the banner was officially adopted. As part of the Land Rights Campaign, this flag has symbolic colors. Black stands for the people, red represents the land and the blood shed by the Aboriginals in defense of their territory. The yellow disc is symbolic for the sun.
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