The Australian Flag...should it be changed?

Diwundrin said:
The one I had was screen saver and the stars appeared to be coming out of the screen towards you and it was just like travelling through space at warp speed ..and.... but I should have grown out of that by now right?
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Oh, okay, yeah - I think that was included with Windows as a screensaver starting with, what, Win 3.1?

I downloaded and tested this one - it's pretty basic but it might be close to what you want.
 

New Zealand flag, 1840-1902..British Union Jack, adopted following the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, 1840.


1867-1869,


1902, Official, in use from 1869

 

One of the suggested designs for a new flag, it's rather nice, maybe a bit 'busy' but it does show the silver fern which is an emblem of NZ, plus the Southern Cross
 
Came across this. Still prefer the red one. Flick the UJ and stick a roo or drop bear on it and it'll do. Flags are just National brand logos basically, don't see why people get so anal about them really.

Seems I was wrong about the colour in WWI, the blue one was naval/military, the red one was civil. Shoulda researched.

This 1901 version flag (ensign) was later approved (with minor changes) in red and blue versions. The original concept was to represent the relative brightness of each star in the constellation with the stars of the Southern Cross having 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5 points. The Commonwealth Star, symbol of Australian Federation, had six points, representing the six States.​
In February 1903 it was announced in the Commonwealth Gazette that King Edward VII had approved a design for the Flag of Australia, and also one for the Flag of the Merchant Navy. Both designs were shown in colour plates in the Gazette.​
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In 1908 the Government decided that a seven-pointed star, symbolical of the six States and the Territories, should replace the large six-pointed star shown in the original designs of the Flag - to represent the Territories and to conform with the star in the Crest of the Coat of Arms granted that year.​
For many years the Commonwealth Blue Ensign was regarded as an official flag, and its use on land was restricted to government establishments.

  • The flying of the Blue Ensign on land by individuals and non-government bodies was discouraged.
As a result of that and also the commonly held belief at that time that the Union Jack was the 'flag of the Empire' most people used the Union Jack for matters relating to the war effort in both World Wars. They also took to using the Red Ensign as a de-facto Civil Flag.
 
Why let 'em corner Red TG? Bugger 'em, we can use red if we wanna. It was around long before they were, so was even our red ensign. They don't own red.

You mob don't own stripes either, Zebras patented them. Just sayin'.
 
Dang, Phil, I thought they were boat people refugees and emailed the Australian PM to save me a couple.
 
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