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The flag of Australia, also known as the Australian Blue Ensign, 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.
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Use | National flag and state ensign |
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Proportion | 1:2 |
Adopted | 11 February 1903; 121 years ago (1903-02-11)[1] (In use from 3 September 1901) 8 December 1908; 115 years ago (1908-12-08)[2] (current seven-pointed Commonwealth Star version) |
Design | A Blue Ensign defaced with the Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter and the five stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half. |
Designed by | Annie Dorrington, Ivor Evans, Lesley Hawkins, Egbert Nutall and William Stevens |
Australian Red Ensign | |
Use | Civil ensign |
Proportion | 1:2 |
Adopted | 11 February 1903; 121 years ago (1903-02-11)[1] (In use from 3 September 1901) 23 February 1908; 116 years ago (1908-02-23) (current seven-pointed Commonwealth Star version) |
Design | A Red Ensign defaced with the Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter and the five stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half. |
Australian White Ensign | |
Use | Naval ensign |
Proportion | 1:2 |
Adopted | Introduced in 1967 |
Design | A White Ensign with St. George's Cross replaced with the Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter and the five stars of the Southern Cross in the fly half. |
Royal Australian Air Force Ensign | |
Use | Air force ensign |
Proportion | 1:2 |
Adopted | 6 May 1982; 42 years ago (6 May 1982) |
Design | A modified Air Force blue version of the Australian Flag with the Southern Cross tilted 45 degrees for the RAAF roundel in the lower fly quarter. |
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.