List of proposed Australian flags

This is a list comprising flags proposed as alternatives to the current flag of Australia, which have received media coverage.

National flags

Flag	Date	Name	Designer	Description	Notes/References
	1854	Eureka Flag	"Lieutenant" Henry Ross[1]	The battle flag of the Eureka Stockade featured the five stars of the constellation Crux Australis in white on a white cross and blue field.	[2][3][4]
	1900	Melbourne Evening Herald Flag (Blue)	Mr. F. Thompson of Melbourne	The six red stripes represent the six Australian states.	Won Melbourne Evening Herald contest in 1900.[5]
	1900	Melbourne Evening Herald Flag (Red)	Mr. F. Thompson of Melbourne	The six red stripes represent the six Australian states.	Won Melbourne Evening Herald contest in 1900.[6]
	1901		A. Downer	First use of Commonwealth Star	[7]
	1902	British Empire flag (Australian)	C. D. Bennet	A design reported in the Daily Express to have been proposed as part of a series of flags that aimed to replace the Union Jack in individual regions of the British Empire. Each locality, including Australia, would have been granted the top right quarter to place a national symbol.	[8][9]
	1982		Ralph Kelly	A blue field with the Commonwealth Star and the Southern Cross separated by a yellow boomerang.	A weekly finalist in the Daily Telegraph flag design competition[10]
	1992		John Bartholomew	A stylised golden kangaroo on a green field with the Southern Cross in the canton.	Winning design in Adelaide Advertiser flag competition[10]
	1993		David Couzens	A vertical tricolour of black, gold and green with the Southern Cross in the black band.	Joint winning design in A Current Affair's flag competition[10]
	2013	Reconciliation Flag	Dr John C. Blaxland	Many dots on a large star with a red boomerang separating the Indigenous and European populations that have influenced the country.	[11][4]
	2014	Southern Horizons Flag	Brett Moxey	Green and gold on the lower side, reflecting sand and grass, as well as Australian national colors. Commonwealth Star and Southern Cross on top.	[12][13]
	2015	Golden Wattle Flag	Jeremy Matthews	A single stylised golden wattle emblem, centred on a green background (blue variant shown). The emblem represents seven wattle blossoms arranged in a circle to create the Commonwealth Star in the centre.	[14][15]

Sporting flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2013	Proposed Australian sporting flag (from Ausflag)[16]	The Southern Cross on a blue field with two vertical bands (green and gold) on the left edge.

See also

• Australia portal
• Heraldry and vexillology portal

• Australian flag debate
• List of Australian flags
• List of proposed New Zealand flags
• List on commons