Australian state flags and standards

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heraldic system vexillological subject

Australian state flags and standards are the official heraldic and vexillological emblems used by each Australian state and certain state officeholders to represent their authority, identity, and governmental functions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Australian state flags and standards canonical	1
Flags of Western Australia	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	heraldic system ⓘ vexillological subject ⓘ
appliesTo	Australian states ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
designTradition	British colonial vexillology ⓘ
displayedAt	courts of Australian states ⓘ official residences of state governors ⓘ parliament houses of Australian states ⓘ state government buildings ⓘ
displayedOn	official motor vehicles of governors ⓘ state government vessels ⓘ
function	distinguish state jurisdiction from Commonwealth jurisdiction ⓘ symbolise constitutional status of states ⓘ
governedBy	executive proclamations ⓘ state legislation ⓘ
hasComponent	Flag of New South Wales ⓘ Flag of Queensland ⓘ Flag of South Australia ⓘ Flag of Tasmania ⓘ Flag of Victoria ⓘ Flag of Western Australia ⓘ Flag of the Australian Capital Territory ⓘ Flag of the Northern Territory ⓘ Standard of the Administrator of Norfolk Island ⓘ Standard of the Administrator of the Northern Territory ⓘ Standard of the Governor of New South Wales ⓘ Standard of the Governor of Queensland ⓘ Standard of the Governor of South Australia ⓘ Standard of the Governor of Tasmania ⓘ Standard of the Governor of Victoria ⓘ Standard of the Governor of Western Australia ⓘ
includes	gubernatorial standards of Australian states ⓘ state flags of Australia ⓘ state governor’s standards ⓘ
influencedBy	British ensign system ⓘ heraldic rules of the College of Arms ⓘ
legalStatus	official symbols of state sovereignty within the federation ⓘ
regulates	use of state symbols ⓘ
relatedConcept	standards of office ⓘ subnational flags ⓘ
relatedTo	Australian national flag ⓘ Australian state coats of arms ⓘ Flags Act 1953 ⓘ
scope	does not include municipal flags ⓘ does not include private or corporate flags ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century to present ⓘ
typicalDesignElement	British Blue Ensign defaced with state badge ⓘ
use	governmental functions ⓘ representation of state authority ⓘ representation of state identity ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Standard of the Governor of New South Wales → partOf → Australian state flags and standards ⓘ

Flag of the Governor of Western Australia → category → Australian state flags and standards ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flags of Western Australia