What are the 4 Australian flags?
Australian National Flag. Australian Defence Force ensign. Australian white ensign. Royal Australian Air Force ensign.
What is the original Australian flag?
Flag of Australia
| Adopted | 11 February 1903 (In use from 3 September 1901) 8 December 1908 (current seven-pointed Commonwealth Star version) |
| Design | A Blue Ensign defaced with the Commonwealth Star (also known as the Federation Star) in the lower hoist quarter and the five stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half. |
What is the Red aus flag?
Australian Red Ensign
The Australian Red Ensign is an official flag of Australia and is proclaimed under the Flags Act 1953. The Australian Red Ensign is generally only flown at sea by Australian registered merchant ships or on land by organisations and individuals for ceremonial purposes such as Merchant Navy Day.
What Australian flag is red?
The Australian Red Ensign
What is the red version of the Australian flag?
Devices. The Australian Red Ensign is a predominantly red version of the Australian National Flag, using the same shade of red as the Cross of Saint George which is part of the Union Jack present in the canton.
What are the Stars on the Australian flag?
On both ensigns, the stars of the Southern Cross were simplified to four seven-pointed stars and one five pointed star. In 1908, a seventh point was added to the Commonwealth star to represent the Australian territories.
When did the Australian national flag change to the Blue Ensign?
The Flags Act 1953 subsequently proclaimed the Australian blue ensign as the Australian National Flag and the Australian red ensign as the flag for merchant ships registered in Australia. An amendment to the Flags Act 1953 was passed in 1998 to ensure that the Australian National Flag can be changed only with the agreement of the Australian people.
What is on the right side of the Australian flag?
In the canton of the flag there is the Commonwealth Star rendered gold as it is upon the Coat of Arms of Australia. On the right hand side is the Australian version of the Southern Cross. Both are upon a green background which combines the National colours of Australia green and gold together.
Why is the Southern Cross on the Australian flag?
Ivor Evans, one of the flag’s designers, intended the Southern Cross to also refer to the four moral virtues ascribed to the four main stars by Dante: justice, prudence, temperance and fortitude.