Australia adopted its national flag on 3 September 1901, and King Edward VII officially recognised it seventeen months later. Its designers were Ivor Evans, Leslie John Hawkins, Egbert John Nuttall, Annie Dorrington and William Stevens. Ivor Evans was a 14-year-old Melbourne schoolboy; teenager Leslie Hawkins, a Sydney optician’s apprentice; Egbert Nuttall, a Melbourne architect; Annie […]
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Will Australia’s flag change if Union is redrawn?
Will Australia’s flag change if the Union Flag is redrawn? The answer is a resounding no, says John Vaughan. A government-approved public competition chose the Australian National Flag in 1901. It is registered under law as the chief national symbol of Australia. The Commonwealth Parliament approved and passed into law the Flags Act 1953. After […]
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