Australian national flag

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flag of a country national flag

The Australian national flag is the official flag of Australia, featuring the Union Jack, the Commonwealth Star, and the Southern Cross constellation to symbolize the nation’s history and identity.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Flag of Australia	2
Australian National Flag	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	flag of a country ⓘ national flag ⓘ
adoptedOn	1903-09-03 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Australian national flag ⓘ surface form: Flag of Australia
category	Flags introduced in 1903 ⓘ National symbols of Australia ⓘ
colourScheme	blue background ⓘ red, white and blue in the Union Jack ⓘ white stars ⓘ
CommonwealthStarPoints	7 ⓘ
CommonwealthStarPosition	below the Union Jack ⓘ
competitionYear	1901 ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
designFeature	Commonwealth Star ⓘ Southern Cross constellation ⓘ Union Flag ⓘ surface form: Union Jack blue field ⓘ red, white and blue colours ⓘ white stars ⓘ
designSelectedBy	public design competition ⓘ
enshrinedBy	Flags Act 1953 ⓘ
firstFlownAt	Melbourne ⓘ
firstFlownOn	1901-09-03 ⓘ
hasStar	Alpha Crucis ⓘ Beta Crucis ⓘ Commonwealth Star ⓘ Delta Crucis ⓘ Epsilon Crucis ⓘ Gamma Crucis ⓘ
inspiredBy	British Blue Ensign ⓘ
legalStatus	official national flag of Australia ⓘ
officialName	Australian national flag self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Australian National Flag
proportion	1:2 ⓘ
readoptedOn	1954-04-14 ⓘ
relatedFlag	Australian Red Ensign ⓘ White Ensign ⓘ surface form: Australian White Ensign
SouthernCrossPosition	fly half of the flag ⓘ
SouthernCrossStarPoints	5 ⓘ 7 ⓘ
starCount	6 ⓘ
symbolizes	Australia’s history as a British colony ⓘ Australia’s identity as a nation ⓘ federation of Australian states ⓘ geographical location in the Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
UnionJackPosition	canton ⓘ
usedBy	Australian Defence Force ⓘ Australian government ⓘ surface form: Australian Government Australian citizens ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australian national flag → alsoKnownAs → Australian national flag ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flag of Australia

Advance Australia Fair → associatedWithSymbol → Australian national flag ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flag of Australia

Australia Day → hasSymbol → Australian national flag ⓘ

Australian national flag → officialName → Australian national flag self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian National Flag

National Australia Day Council → usesSymbol → Australian national flag ⓘ