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same design as the Gamma Star (1/7 fly width, seven points) thus making the
Southern Cross the same as on the current flag. The 1901 six-point and 1908 seven-point Commonwealth Star outer diameters were both 3/10 of the fly width. However the inner diameters were different. The six-point was half, and the seven-point is 4/9 of the Commonwealth Star outer diameter.
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Prime
Minister's Department dated 6 March 1939 states that: "the Red Ensign is the flag to be flown by the public generally" and the federal government policy was "The flying of the Commonwealth Blue Ensign is reserved for Commonwealth Government use but there is no reservation in the case of the Commonwealth Merchant Flag, or Red Ensign".
310:(RSL) called it a "dishonour to Australian service men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation". It is unclear why the Australian red ensign was adopted by such groups. Australian government flag protocol says that the flag should never be flown upside down in any circumstances.
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Navigation Act. However, an Admiralty Warrant was issued on 5 December 1938 which authorised such non-registered vessels to fly the Australian Red Ensign, too. Australia enacted fully domestic shipping legislation in 1981. The Shipping Registration Act of 1981
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with the number of points on the four biggest stars of the southern cross set to seven and the four main Stars of the southern cross being equal in size—ostensibly to improve ease of manufacture. The original variety of points and sizes was an indication of the relative brightness of each star as it
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The 1901 Southern Cross star-points ranged from nine (Alpha) to five (Epsilon) and inner diameter of each was 4/9 of their outer diameters. Beta, Gamma and
Epsilon were the same outer diameter as today, Alpha was 1/6 and Delta 1/10 of the fly width. In 1903 Alpha, Beta and Delta were altered to the
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In the 1920s there was debate over whether the blue ensign was reserved for
Commonwealth buildings only, culminating in a 1924 agreement that the Union Flag should take precedence as the National Flag and that state and local governments were henceforth able to use the blue ensign. A memo from the
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Following federation in 1901, the topic of national colours for
British ships registered in Australian ports was addressed by the Navigation Act, which provided that such ships (i.e., civilian ships) should wear the Australian Red Ensign. Technically private non-registered vessels were liable to a
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Since 2008, 3 September has also been officially commemorated as
Merchant Navy Day which allows the Australian red ensign to be flown on land for the occasion as a matter of protocol. Merchant Navy Day is an official recognition of the merchant navy's contribution in wartime, in particular the
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for approval the competition-winning design which featured a southern cross with nine, eight, seven, six and five points respectively, and with Alpha Crucis being larger than Beta and Gamma as well as with Delta being smaller than Beta and Gamma, was standardised by the
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and related protests, adopted the
Australian red ensign for their own purposes. The protesters often fly the flag upside down. Its use in this way is seen by many as disrespectful and insulting towards the soldiers who fought under the flag. The
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issued a media release recommending that the blue ensign be flown at schools, government buildings and by private citizens and continued use of the red ensign by merchant ships, providing it was done so respectfully. Prime
Minister
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Commonwealth government, assisted by flag suppliers, discouraging use of the
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Red Ensign was the proper "colours" for Australian registered ships and that smaller (i.e., less than 30 tons) pleasure and fishing craft could fly either the Australian red ensign or the
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appeared in the night sky. In 1908, the current Commonwealth star of seven points replaced the earlier six-pointed star and has a smaller Inner Diameter.
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declared the blue ensign to be the Australian national flag, leaving the Australian red ensign to its status as the civil ensign.
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had discovered an Australian red ensign bearing the words "Changi '41 '42" and "Chitty flag", which may have flown over the
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The story of Australia's flags: Our flags, standards, guidons, colours, banners, battle honours, and ensigns
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673:"What is the Australian merchant navy flag, the red ensign? And why do anti-government groups use it?"
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National, regional and city flags incorporating the Union Jack
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National Archives of Australia (NAA: A461, A336/1/1 Part 2).
762:"Australian National Flag: Australian National Flag Day"
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substantial fine if they did not fly the British Red
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244:Australian/Commonwealth red ensign (1903–1908)
231:Australian/Commonwealth red ensign (1901–1903)
863:"Australia Remembers Merchant Navy Sacrifices"
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526:"Construction Details of the Australian Flag"
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1528:South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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1249:Parliament house centenary flag (Australia)
893:Department of Veterans' Affairs (Australia)
861:The Maritime Executive (2 September 2019).
702:"PM tells 'sovereign citizens' to get real"
308:Returned & Services League of Australia
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168:, using the same shade of red as the
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921:. Corryong. 4 April 2024. p. 4.
851:, Playbill Printworks, 2015, p. 259.
282:issued a similar statement in 1947.
126:1901 Federal Flag Design Competition
827:Australian Broadcasting Corporation
671:McIntyre, Joe (12 November 2021).
524:Thomson, Jeff (10 November 2015).
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1939:Flags inspired by the Union Jack
1209:Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies
803:Commonwealth of Australia Gazette
791:Commonwealth of Australia Gazette
567:Commonwealth of Australia Gazette
555:Commonwealth of Australia Gazette
512:Commonwealth of Australia Gazette
478:Commonwealth of Australia Gazette
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888:"Merchant Navy Day 3 September"
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354:Commonwealth Lighthouse Service
1444:British Indian Ocean Territory
915:"History of war flag sought".
699:McIlroy, Tom (5 August 2020).
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2700:National symbols of Australia
1106:North Queensland (separatist)
80:in use from 3 September 1901
2283:British South Africa Company
1030:Australian Capital Territory
999:Boxing Kangaroo (unofficial)
325:Australian National Flag Day
320:Australian National Flag Day
2720:Flags of the British Empire
1962:Newfoundland & Labrador
1432:British Antarctic Territory
708:Australian Financial Review
433:Football League game where
214:. After being submitted to
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156:An Australian red ensign (
1974:St. Pierre & Miquelon
1915:List of New Zealand flags
1788:Somerset County, Maryland
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16:Civil ensign of Australia
2298:British Windward Islands
1905:List of Australian flags
1606:administrative divisions
1552:Turks and Caicos Islands
1239:Van Diemen's Land Ensign
625:Kwan, 2006, p. 100, 106.
569:No. 65, 19 December 1908
557:No. 8, 20 February 1903.
327:was proclaimed in 1996.
256:Commonwealth blue ensign
196:Australian national flag
166:Australian national flag
2255:British Leeward Islands
1085:Governors of the States
1040:Cocos (Keeling) Islands
805:No. GN 26, 2 July 2008.
480:No. 8, 20 February 1903
427:Australian Flag Society
208:Commonwealth Government
176:present in the canton.
158:Royal Museums Greenwich
2534:Rhodesia and Nyasaland
1885:Taunton, Massachusetts
1855:Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1456:British Virgin Islands
1234:National Colonial Flag
1023:States and territories
984:Torres Strait Islander
867:The Maritime Executive
793:S 321, 28 August 1996.
514:No. 27, 29 April 1901.
339:Historical red ensigns
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1910:List of British flags
1372:Dependent territories
994:Civil Aviation Ensign
616:Kwan, 2006, pp. 9–10.
459:Hong Kong blue ensign
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170:Cross of Saint George
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110:Australian red ensign
22:Australian red ensign
2710:Southern Cross flags
2103:external territories
1875:New Castle, Delaware
1204:British Empire flags
1178:Defence Force Ensign
661:Kwan, 2006, pp.96–97
303:anti-vaccine mandate
190:reaffirmed that the
2624:Straits Settlements
1800:Westmoreland County
772:on 19 February 2013
454:Canadian red ensign
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2695:Flags of Australia
2343:East India Company
2270:British Somaliland
1998:independent states
1699:Canadian provinces
1055:Northern Territory
960:Flags of Australia
829:. 3 September 2008
652:Kwan, 2006, p. 92.
643:Kwan, 2006, p. 92.
593:"AUSTRALIAN FLAGS"
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299:sovereign citizens
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440:was awarded the "
417:Notable specimens
335:in World War II.
314:Merchant Navy Day
221:British Admiralty
142:Commonwealth Star
136:and featured the
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