The flag of Australia flying proudly over the First World War Australian Memorial Park in Fromelles (Nord), France
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DE ROCKER / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
2R8C676File size:
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5760 x 3840 px | 48.8 x 32.5 cm | 19.2 x 12.8 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
31 May 2023Location:
58 Rue Delval, 59249 Fromelles, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France, EuropeMore information:
The flag of Australia is based on the British Blue Ensign - a blue field with the Union Jack in the upper hoist quarter - augmented with a large white seven-pointed star (the Commonwealth Star) and a representation of the Southern Cross constellation, made up of five white stars (one small five-pointed star and four, larger, seven-pointed stars). Australia also has a number of other official flags representing its people and core functions of government. Its original design (with a six-pointed Commonwealth Star) was chosen in 1901 from entries in a competition held following Federation, and was first flown in Melbourne on 3 September 1901, the date proclaimed in 1996 as Australian National Flag Day. A slightly different design was approved by King Edward VII in 1903. The current seven-pointed Commonwealth Star version was introduced by a proclamation dated 8 December 1908. The dimensions were formally gazetted in 1934, and in 1954 the flag became recognised by, and legally defined in, the Flags Act 1953, as the Australian National Flag.