The Royal Australian Air Force ensign was adopted in 1948. It is an Australian National Flag with a light blue background. A leaping red kangaroo was added in 1982. Permission is required to fly or use a Defence ensign.
The Eureka Flag. The Eureka Flag is made from wool and cotton. It was made in 1854. It consists of a dark blue field with a central white symmetric cross consisting five eight-pointed stars, representing the Crux constellation.
The Royal Australian Navy ensign
The white ensign of the British Royal Navy had been used since 1911, when the Royal Australian Navy was formed. The Australian white ensign is usually flown from the stern of a navy vessel, while the Australian National Flag is flown from the bow of the vessel.
The green represents the land, the blue represents the sea, and the black symbolises the people. In the centre of the flag is a white Dhari (traditional headdress), which is a symbol for all Torres Strait Islanders.
Proclaimed as a flag of Australia in 1982. A field of air force blue with the Union Flag in the canton, the Commonwealth Star below the Union Flag with the Southern Cross in the fly and the RAAF roundel in the lower fly.
The Flag of sovereign Kazakhstan was officially adopted in 1992. It was designed by Shaken Niyazbekov. The State Flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan is a rectangular breadth of blue colour with the image of the sun in its center with a soaring steppe eagle underneath.
The flag of Belize is royal blue with a white disc in the center. It features the national coat of arms held by a mestizo and an Afro-Caribbean man. Belize is the only country to have humans depicted as a major part of the design of their flag.
The 3 flags of Australia include the Australian National Flag, the Australian Aboriginal Flag and the Torres Strait Islander Flag.
Aussie Word of the Week
A blue is a fight, dispute or row. You can bung on a blue, stack on a blue or turn on a blue. The slang word has been around since the 1940s and is used to refer to everything from fisticuffs at the pub to a brawl on the footy field.
The blue colour palette in Aboriginal painting is not the most common group of colours we encounter but it is used widely amongst certain artists. It creates quite an ethereal and mysterious sense about the paintings.
Australian flags include the Aboriginal flag, Torres Strait Islander flag and many ensigns used in defence and civilian organisations. Information about the Australian National Flag is also available on this website.
Red, white and blue form the colours of the Australian National Flag and the first version of the Commonwealth Coat Of Arms. Blue and gold have heraldic significance as the colour of the wreath in the Commonwealth Coat of Arms, which was granted by royal warrant in 1912.
The Menzies government introduced the Flags Act to encourage the public to use the Blue Ensign instead of the Union Jack and the Red Ensign, with the latter only to be used on merchant ships. The Flags Act explains that the Blue Ensign is Australia's National Flag. It defines flag dimensions protocols around use.
Greece. The Greek flag is a fascinating array of blue and white! The national flag of the country of Greece features 9 horizontal stripes with white and blue alternating colors. There's also a blue canton on the upper hoist-side of the flag with a white cross on it.
The white-blue-white flag (Russian: бело-сине-белый флаг, romanized: belo-sine-belyj flag) is a symbol of opposition to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine that has been used by Russian anti-war protesters.
El Salvador's flag is a triband (blue-white-blue) flag with a coat of arms. The white represents solidarity and peace in the world while the blue represents the two oceans surrounding Central America and the great sky. Blue is a significant color in the country's identity and culture.
Bluey is an Australian nickname for a person with red hair. As a nickname, Bluey may refer to: Frank 'Bluey' Adams (born 1935), former Australian rules football player.
A fight, in local slang, was a 'blue'. When a redheaded Irishman passed by, people would say, 'There goes a blue', and to this day, Australians often give their redheaded friends the nickname 'Bluey' while 'blue' is the general equivalent to 'pal', 'mate' or 'buddy'.
As you probably know, “Aussie” is slang for “Australian”.
Captain John Bingle and Captain John Nicholson are credited with the first recorded attempt to design a 'national' flag for Australia. Their flag featured four stars of the Southern Cross on a red cross, against a white background, with the Union Jack in the canton.
In the case of the Australian National Flag, the Union Jack should be seen in the top left quarter of the flag. Even when the flag is displayed vertically, this rule must be followed, although to the casual observer the flag appears to be back to front.
The rules also state that the flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery.
As part of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (formed in 1816), the Banda Oriental—which would eventually become the country known as Uruguay—was originally under the blue-white-blue horizontally striped flag raised by General Manuel Belgrano in 1812.
national flag consisting of a light blue field with a central white star.
The national flag of Sierra Leone is a tricolour consisting of three horizontal green, white and blue bands. It was adopted in 1961, Sierra Leone's independence year, to replace the British Blue Ensign defaced with the arms of the Crown Colony of Sierra Leone.