Many friends don't know what the Australian flag is. Now let's talk about the Australian flag.
The image above shows the current Australian flag, which is twice the width of the flag and has a dark blue surface. The symbols of each component are as follows:
- The blue flag symbolizes the environmental protection of Australian territory by the vast sea;
- The British rice flag in the upper left corner indicates that Australia is a member of the Commonwealth;
- The white hex star in the lower-right corner symbolizes the six states that make up the Australian Federation (New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia) Tasmania and Western Australia) and the Federal District (Capital and Northern Territories);
- On the right side of the flag, four large, one-and-a-small seven-and-five stars represent Southern Cross. Southern Cross is a constellation that can only be seen south of the Tropic of return. Sailors in the Northern Hemisphere often rely on the Northern Dipper and the North Star to determine the direction of their voyage, while in the Southern Hemisphere they rely on the Southern Cross. Southern Cross has a high status in Australia, with many important sites named South Cross, such as Melbourne's Southern Cross Station and New South Wales's Southern Cross University.
The Australian flag was chosen in 1904 by King Edward VII of England in a design competition from a number of contests. The Commonwealth of Australia was founded in 1901, but was not entirely out of British jurisdiction, and was by nature a self-governing territory of the British Empire, so the British beige flag was still a more common national symbol at that time. The newly designed flag is mainly used for the navy's military flag. Until 1931, when the British government issued the Westminster monastery decree, the Commonwealth of Australia had an independent constitutionalism and could be regarded as a fully independent sovereign State. When Queen Elizabeth II visited Australia in 1954, the flag was officially identified as the Australian flag.
In fact, there are many Australians are dissatisfied with the flag, they believe that the flag has a strong colonial color, does not reflect the Australian spirit of independence; In addition, the similarity with many other Commonwealth is very high, no special features, it is also easy to confuse, the first bear the brunt of Australia's small partner: new Zealand, let's see how much it looks like.
New Zealand flag
But dissatisfaction to discontent, nostalgia is still a lot of people, and it is not so easy to change the national flag, anyway, it is unlikely in the near future. See here, you are clear about Australia's flag and history, next time don't make a mistake oh.
